Itronics Announces New Photochemical Silver Concentrator Sales; Clean, Environmentally Sound Technology
September 30 2008 - 5:00AM
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Itronics Inc. (OTCBB: ITRO) (FRANKFURT: ITG) (BERLIN: 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
photoprocessing 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 photoprocessors 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 online 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."
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.
VISIT OUR WEB SITE: http://www.itronics.com
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