Exhibit 99.1
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NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For More Information Contact:
Daniel J. Haslinger, President and Chief Executive Officer
info@nviro.com (419) 535-6374
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N-VIRO ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT WITH FORMER LAW FIRM
Toledo, Ohio, Thursday, January 5, 2006 - N-Viro International Corp. (OTC
BB/NVIC.OB) announced today that it has settled an account payable to a former
law firm at no cost to the Company, either in cash or the issuance of stock.
The settlement, which includes mutual releases and indemnities, became effective
December 27, 2005, and will result in an improvement of $108,000 in fourth
quarter 2005 results for the Company. Daniel J. Haslinger, President and CEO,
stated, "We are pleased to get this debt off our balance sheet. This settlement
is definitely beneficial to our shareholders and eliminates a distraction to our
management as we continue to focus on Company growth and performance."
About N-Viro
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N-Viro International Corporation develops and licenses its technology to
municipalities and private companies. N-Viro's patented processes use lime
and/or mineral-rich, combustion byproducts to treat, pasteurize, immobilize and
convert wastewater sludge and other bio-organic wastes into biomineral
agricultural and soil-enrichment products with real market value. More
information about N-Viro International can be obtained by contacting the office
or on the Internet at www.nviro.com or by e-mail inquiry to info@nviro.com.
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Forward Looking Statements
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The Company cautions that words used in this document such as "expects,"
"anticipates," "believes" and "may," as well as similar words and expressions
used herein, identify and refer to statements describing events that may or may
not occur in the future. These forward-looking statements and the matters to
which they refer are subject to considerable uncertainty that may cause actual
results to be materially different from those described herein. For example,
while the Company believes that trends in sludge treatment are moving in favor
of the Company's technology, such trends may not continue or may never result in
increased sales or profits to the Company because of the availability of
competing processes. Additional information about these and other factors that
may adversely affect these forward-looking statements are contained in the
Company's reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect
actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting
forward-looking information except to the extent required by applicable
securities laws.