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Itronics Wins Manufacturing
Excellence Award
RENO, NV--(Marketwired - October 27,
2015) - Itronics Inc. (OTC PINK:
ITRO) a diversified fertilizer,
silver, and mineral producer, today
announced that it has been awarded
the "Manufacturing Excellence Award"
from the Economic Development
Authority of Western Nevada.
"We are pleased that the Economic
Development experts chose to
recognize our 'Valuable
Contributions' to Nevada," said Dr.
John Whitney, founder and President
of Itronics. Among its many
achievements, Itronics, through its
subsidiary, Itronics Metallurgical,
Inc., converts 100% of spent
photoliquids, a hazardous waste,
into salable goods, including pure
silver and GOLD'n GRO liquid
fertilizers, popular in California's
Central Valley, the nation's
breadbasket, and at Amazon.com.
Itronics has won many awards for its
achievements. It was one of five
finalists for the prestigious
Kirkpatrick Award, which every two
years salutes the most noteworthy
chemical engineering technology
commercialized anywhere in the
world. It was also awarded the USA
Gold Award, presented at the House
of Commons in London, England, an
award that recognizes the top
environmental achievements in the
world and won second place in a
Worldwide Environmental Award
contest with ceremonies in London.
The Company was also named an
International Green Hero, in
ceremonies in London, by one of the
most prestigious environmental
organizations in the world. Dr.
Whitney has been honored as Inventor
of the Year in Nevada and also as
"Scot of the Year" for his
significant contributions to his
community.
"Our 'zero waste' technology is a
major positive breakthrough for the
150-year old photographic industry
and represents an excellent example
of how technologies can be developed
to eliminate waste streams by
converting them into salable goods,"
Dr. Whitney said.
About Itronics
Headquartered in Reno, Nevada,
Itronics Inc. is a "Creative Clean
Technology" Company which produces
GOLD'n GRO specialty liquid
fertilizers and silver bullion. It
owns a large Iron Oxide Copper Gold
(IOCG) mineral property (the Auric
Fulstone Project) in the prolific
Yerington Copper Mining District in
northwestern Nevada. The Company's
goal is to achieve profitable clean
technology driven organic growth in
specialty GOLD'n GRO fertilizers,
silver, zinc, and minerals. The
Company's technologies maximize the
recovery and use of metals and
minerals.
Through its subsidiary, Itronics
Metallurgical, Inc., Itronics is the
only company with a fully permitted
"Beneficial Use Photochemical,
Silver, and Water Recycling" plant
in the United States that converts
more than 99.5 of the spent
photoliquids into pure silver and
GOLD'n GRO liquid fertilizers. The
Company is developing
environmentally compatible waste
processing and mining technology.
Itronics has received numerous
domestic and international awards
that recognize its ability to
successfully use science and
engineering to create and implement
new environmentally clean recycling
and fertilizer technologies.
The Company's environmentally
friendly GOLD'n GRO liquid
fertilizers, which are extensively
used in agriculture, can be used for
lawns and houseplants, and are
available at the Company's "e-store"
on Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_lawn-garden?ie=UTF8&field-brandtextbin=GOLD%27n+GRO&node=2972638011
VISIT OUR WEB SITE: http://www.itronics.com
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