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ITRONICS
ANNOUNCES NEW PHOTOCHEMICAL SILVER CONCENTRATOR SALES; CLEAN, ENVIRONMENTALLY
SOUND TECHNOLOGY
RENO,
Nevada, September 30, 2008 -- Itronics Inc. (OTC BB: ITRO; Frankfurt and Berlin
Stock Exchanges: ITG) today reported that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Itronics
Metallurgical, Inc., is continuing to sell its energy and water saving
Photochemical Silver Concentrators to large photoprocessing operations. In
turn, these operations become long term suppliers of photochemical silver
concentrate to Itronics. Compared to unconcentrated photoliquids, the
concentrate contains up to five times as much silver and approximately five
times as much valuable chemicals for GOLD?n GRO fertilizers.
These concentrating systems eliminate the hazardous photographic liquid
waste stream for large photo processing operations by converting the waste
stream to commercial goods. They extract pure distilled water, which is
about 80 percent of the liquid waste, and produce commercial photochemical
silver concentrates. The water can be re-used on site to make new
photochemicals. The silver-bearing
concentrates, which contain 100 percent of the silver, are shipped to Itronics
Metallurgical?s recycling plant in Reno, for silver recovery and conversion of
the de-silvered chemicals to GOLD?n GRO liquid fertilizers.
In the 2007 third quarter Itronics Metallurgical delivered a 750 gallon per day
distilled water recovery capacity system. This year at the end of the
third quarter the Company is delivering another of these systems to the same
major photoprocessor in the West. The 750 gallon per day system processes
about 950 gallons of used photographic liquids daily, thus producing about 200
gallons of photochemical silver concentrates.
?Itronics Metallurgical is selling one or two of these systems per year,?
said Dr. John Whitney, Itronics President. ?These systems often pay for
themselves in a very short time through waste disposal and environmental permit
cost savings at the large photo processing locations where they are
installed. Installation of these systems at geographically dispersed
locations is a major advantage making it possible for Itronics Metallurgical to
provide nationwide service to large photo processors without the need to open
new locations.?
The Photochemical Silver Concentrators are installed at a photoprocessing site
as a qualified water treatment system. These environmentally desirable
systems reduce water waste by producing distilled water for re-use. They
save money by converting the waste stream to commercial goods, eliminating hazardous
waste disposal and permitting costs. They save energy, because they
reduce the volume of liquids that need to be shipped off site for
processing. With high and rising diesel fuel prices, and an 80 percent
reduction in the weight of the waste being shipped, the fuel savings for
shipping are very significant and make it feasible to ship the concentrates
long distances to the Reno, Nevada recycling plant.
Consumer photography is continuing to produce silver halide prints from digital
cameras. The Photo Marketing Association recently announced that in June
digital camera images increased by 19 percent and that on line ordering of
prints increased by 38 percent.
?Itronics? continuing
development of clean environmental technology that converts waste to commercial
goods, thereby eliminating the waste stream and reducing costs, is contributing
to the Company?s on-going expansion,? said Dr. Whitney. ?We are excited
to be using these clean environmental technologies to grow in strong markets at
a time when there is a great deal of uncertainty and increasing weakness in the
general economy.?
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9-30-08
Itronics Inc Press Release, ?Silver Concentrator Sales??
About Itronics
Headquartered in Reno, Nevada, Itronics Inc. is a
"Creative Clean Technology" company. Itronics, through its
subsidiary, Itronics Metallurgical, Inc. is the only company with a fully
permitted ?Beneficial Use Photochemical, Silver, and Water Recycling? plant in
the United States that converts used photoliquids into pure silver and GOLD?n
GRO liquid fertilizers. The Company also provides environmentally
compatible mining technology development, 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, Mineral Producer Stocks, Junior
Gold Stocks, and Junior Mineral Stocks. Itronics has received numerous domestic and international awards that
recognize its ability to successfully 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, along with 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
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