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Press
Release Archives: 10/10/2007
Itronics
Successfully Completes Key GOLD'n GRO Guardian Deer
Repellent Fertilizer Testing Required for Registration
With U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
RENO, Nev., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Itronics
Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ITRO; Frankfurt and Berlin
Stock Exchanges: ITG) today reported that its
wholly-owned subsidiary Itronics Metallurgical, Inc. has
completed laboratory tests on the repelling component of
GOLD'n GRO Guardian deer repellent fertilizer. The
laboratory will now prepare reports on the tests that
will be included as part of the application for product
registration with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), which is on schedule to be filed in
November.
"Results from acute toxicity studies show GOLD'n GRO
Guardian Repellent to be of a low order of toxicity,"
said Dr. John Whitney, Itronics President. "Our
consultants have advised us that a Caution label, which
is the lowest risk category that U.S. EPA classifies,
may be required."
The Company says it is on schedule to complete the
registration of GOLD'n GRO Guardian deer repellent
fertilizer late in the first quarter or early in the
second quarter of 2008. Plans are being developed for
manufacturing, marketing, and sales launch in the second
quarter 2008. When launched, it will be the only product
of its kind in the U.S. marketplace.
The GOLD'n GRO Guardian repels deer without harming them
while also improving the growth of the fertilized
plants. The treatment is systemic, which means that the
repelling characteristics are taken into the plant and
cannot wash off when it rains. Field tests have shown
that plants treated in the fall will retain their
repelling characteristics during the winter, which is a
major benefit.
Itronics' continuing growth is a result of years of
research and development that has made the GOLD'n GRO
brand of environmentally friendly fertilizer a success,
and because of it the Company is expanding with new
products and a growing customer base. The GOLD'n GRO
Guardian registration and manufacturing and sales
planning will place the GOLD'n GRO brand into an
important market segment, which is expected to further
broaden the customer base and increase the rate of sales
growth.
About Itronics
Itronics, through its subsidiary, Itronics
Metallurgical, Inc., is the only company in the world
with a fully permitted "Beneficial Use Photochemical,
Silver, and Water Recycling" plant located in the United
States which can convert used photoliquids into pure
silver and liquid fertilizers. At the Company's Reno,
Nevada factory more than 99 percent of the silver and
virtually all the other toxic heavy metals are extracted
from used photoliquids. The purified liquids are
converted into environmentally beneficial, chelated,
micronutrient and multinutrient liquid fertilizers sold
under the GOLD'n GRO trademark. The silver is refined
and sold as bullion and 5 troy ounce, 0.999 pure, Silver
Nevada Miner numismatic bars. The environmentally
friendly liquid fertilizers can be used for lawns and
houseplants, and are available, along with GOLD'n GRO
liquid fertilizer injectors, at the Company's "e-store"
catalog at http://goldngro.com. The popular Silver
Nevada Miner bars are available at the Company's
"e-store" catalog at http://www.itromet.com.
Headquartered in Reno, Nevada, Itronics Inc. is a
"Creative Environmental Technology" company and a world
leader in photochemical recycling. The Company also
provides project planning and technical services to the
gold mining industry and operates the popular
InsideMetals.com web site, http://www.insidemetals.com.
which provides a value-added WORLD VIEW of Gold Producer
Stocks and Junior Gold Stocks. Itronics has received
numerous domestic and international awards that
recognize its ability to successfully create and
implement new recycling and fertilizer technologies.
VISIT OUR WEB SITE: http://www.itronics.com
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