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ITRONICS GOLD'n GRO LIQUID FERTILIZERS REGISTERED FOR SALE IN OREGON; 15th STATE FOR GOLD’n GRO PRODUCTS
RENO, Nevada, March 29, 2005 -- Itronics Inc. (OTC BB: ITRO; Frankfurt and Berlin Stock Exchanges: ITG) reported today that its subsidiary, Itronics Metallurgical, Inc., has completed registration of nine of its environmentally beneficial GOLD'n GRO products for sale through its distributor network in Oregon.
"Registration of the GOLD'n GRO liquid fertilizer products in Oregon completes another important step in Itronics Metallurgical's business plan to geographically expand sales of the GOLD'n GRO fertilizers into all of the states where our distributor network operates retail outlets," said Dr. John W. Whitney, Itronics President. "Registration in Oregon is particularly exciting since our distributor network in northeastern Oregon has already evaluated two of the newly registered products. Spring planting in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington is getting underway and we received our first order for GOLD'n GRO from Washington last week."
Itronics Metallurgical has now registered one or more GOLD'n GRO liquid fertilizers in 15 states. The Company is continuing to focus on expanding sales in California, establishing sales in the northwestern states, and on developing sales and additional distributors in the northeastern states.
Itronics, through its subsidiary, Itronics Metallurgical, Inc., is the only company in the world with a "Beneficial Use Photochemical, Silver, and Water Recycling" facility that extracts more than 99 percent of the silver and virtually all the other toxic heavy metals from used photoliquids and converts the resulting liquids into environmentally beneficial, chelated, multinutrient liquid fertilizer products sold under the GOLD'n GRO trademark, 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://www.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 Nevada's leading "Beneficial Use Recycling" company and a world leader in photochemical recycling. The Company also provides project planning and technical services to the mining industry. Dr. John Whitney, Itronics President, was selected as Nevada’s Inventor of the Year for 2000 and is a member of the Inventor’s Hall of Fame at the University of Nevada, Reno. Itronics was one of five finalists for the 2001 Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Award, the most prestigious worldwide award in chemical engineering technologies.
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