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ITRONICS
TO SELL GOLD’n GRO GUARDIAN DEER REPELLENT IN THE WEST, NORTHEAST,
MIDWEST AND SOUTH
RENO, Nevada,
May 5, 2008 -- Itronics Inc. (OTCBB: ITRO; Frankfurt and Berlin Stock
Exchanges: ITG) today reported that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Itronics
Metallurgical, Inc., is in process of registering its one-of-a-kind GOLD’n
GRO Guardian deer repellent and fertilizer for sales starting in June in:
Western U.S.:
Nevada, Utah,
and Colorado.
Northeastern
U.S.: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island.
Midwest
and South: Iowa and Alabama
“GOLD’n
GRO Guardian Deer Repellent can be sold in states in which it is being
registered and, in each of these states, deer do major damage annually. We
plan to add additional states after we establish sales in the targeted states,”
said Dr. John Whitney, Itronics President. “We have had numerous requests
from potential customers about the products availability. Deer damage in
suburban America is in the $5 billion range, according to an internal, detailed
Itronics’ study, making the potential for this product enormous.”
Itronics
Metallurgical will sell the unique product to Landscape Maintenance businesses
that have licensed pesticide spray divisions and to other business that are
licensed for spraying pesticides. Sales will also be made to plant and tree
nurseries in the listed states and to other customers. The product does not
harm the deer and fertilizes at the same time.
GOLD’n
GRO Guardian Deer Repellent is registered for use on non-food crops, landscape
plants, and non-bearing trees and vines. Some soybean seed and corn seed
growers have expressed interest in testing the GOLD’n GRO Guardian Deer
Repellent on seedlings to protect them from foraging deer, which do major
economic damage. Itronics Metallurgical plans to evaluate these potential
applications for commercial viability as it moves forward because these would
be large acreage uses. GOLD’n GRO Guardian is a systemic product and the
treatment lasts up to 3 months.
Itronics
Metallurgical is planning to sell the GOLD’n GRO Guardian as a two-part
package consisting of the repelling component and GOLD’n GRO 8-8-8 +4%S
liquid fertilizer. Initially three sizes of spray kit will be offered, a 4
gallon kit, a 12 gallon kit, and a 600 gallon kit, making it convenient for
potential customers to do evaluation and testing, followed by conversion to
commercial applications.
About
Itronics
Headquartered in Reno,
Nevada, Itronics Inc. is a "Creative Environmental 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 and Mineral stocks. Itronics has
received numerous domestic and international awards that recognize its
ability to successfully create and implement new environmentally compatible
recycling and fertilizer technologies. The Company’s environmentally
friendly GOLD’n GRO liquid fertilizers is 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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