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Itronics Inc. ITRO; Frankfurt and Berlin Stock Exchanges: ITG) reported
today that first quarter 2006 GOLD'n GRO fertilizer division sales by its
subsidiary, Itronics Metallurgical, Inc., were $332,000 compared to $260,000
in the comparable quarter last year, an increase of 27.5 percent. GOLD'n GRO
liquid fertilizer sales were $240,000, up 14 percent in the first quarter
despite a rainy early spring in central California, a key sales territory.
Silver sales were $72,000, up 170 percent in the first quarter. Itronics
expects to report full financial results on May 15 when it files its
Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended March 31, 2006.
"The Company recently tripled silver recovery and refining capacity and we
expect silver sales to increase accordingly, driven by growth in GOLD'n GRO
liquid fertilizer sales in 2006," said Dr. John Whitney, Itronics President.
"The previously adopted eight part long term growth plan is being implemented
and we are beginning to see the anticipated positive results."
About Itronics
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://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 a "Creative Environmental
Technology" company and a world leader in photochemical recycling. The
Company also provides project planning and technical services to the mining
industry and operates the global Internet Information Portal,
http://www.insidemetals.com . 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.
Itronics was awarded second place, Highly Commended in the Environmental
Technology category, at the prestigious Institution of Chemical Engineers
(IChemE) 2005 Worldwide Environmental Award ceremonies at the Royal Courts of
Justice in London, England in September 2005. Itronics was awarded the USA
Gold Award at the House of Commons in London in November 2005 as part of the
International Green Apple Environmental Awards contest, one of the largest and
most prestigious of its kind in the world. Itronics' GOLD'n GRO fertilizer
was named one of the top 10 new technologies representing the best of
agricultural innovation by the Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers in its
December 2005 publication "Communicator."
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statements such as statements regarding the Company's growth and
profitability, growth strategy, liquidity and access to public markets,
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SOURCE Itronics Inc.


Contact Information:
Paul Knopick, [phone], for Itronics Inc.

WebSite:
http://www.itromet.com