- Technology May Revolutionize Processing Alkaline Battery
and EV Battery Pastes –
- Silver/Gold Bearing Residuals to
be Feed Materials for E-Scrap Refining –
RENO,
NV --
February 2,
2021 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire -- Itronics Inc. (OTC:ITRO),
an emerging
"Cleantech Materials" growth Company that manufactures GOLD'n GRO
Multi-Nutrient Fertilizers and produces silver, gold, zinc,
critical minerals, and battery minerals recovered from industrial
and mining waste, today reported it has begun
development
and successfully tested an electrowinning technology to
produce pure zinc metal.
The
process
was
begun
in January using a
laboratory scale electrowinning cell developed by the
Company. Currently small amounts of zinc metal are being
produced while the operating parameters are being developed.
The Company plans to expand zinc output in stages starting at
laboratory scale and expanding to pilot scale at the Company's
35,000 square foot Reno, Nevada manufacturing and
research and
development facility. The Company
already owns equipment needed, it is on site and can be put into
operation with only minor modifications. The Company
explained the plans for this
development in detail in a press release
dated December 2, 2020. (https://www.itronics.com/12022020.html)
The zinc bearing
liquid (Pregnant Leach Solution, called PLS) fed to the
electrowinning cell is produced by recovering zinc from flue dust
produced by a brass/bronze manufacturer. The residuals from
the leaching process contain measurable amounts of silver and gold
which will be used as feed materials for the Company's
"Breakthrough"
computer
printed
circuit board
assembly (E-Scrap) refining operation which is currently producing
silver bullion and silver-bearing glass.
Processing zinc
bearing flue dust is in the Company's portfolio of "Zero Waste
Energy Saving" technologies that are being prepared for expansion
to commercial scale. Activating this technology development
starts the process of establishing the ability to produce pure
metals using electrochemistry and opens the door to processing
alkaline battery paste which contains zinc, manganese, and
potassium. Some of the new EV battery technologies use
manganese, one of the four most important battery metals,
and this
technology
development could enable the Company to process Electric Vehicle (EV) battery
pastes in the future. In addition to silver and
gold, the
Company's Rock Kleen technology has shown the ability to recover
the battery metals nickel, manganese, and zinc from silver/gold
mine leach tailings, which will be separated and recovered using
electrochemistry. A press release dated October
15, 2020 described the
Company's emerging
manganese recovery technologies. (https://www.itronics.com/10152020.html).
"Activating the
production of pure zinc metal using electrochemistry is another
exciting milestone in our integrated technology developments", said
Dr. John Whitney, Itronics President. "We are at the
beginning of a period of strong growth being driven by the
commercialization of our portfolio of integrated "Zero Waste Energy
Saving" technologies. From an environmental perspective, we
are at the right place at the right time."
If you would like
to be added to our e-mail list for all updates on our emerging
clean technologies, please call us at 775-689-7696, e-mail
"investor@itronics.com", or leave a message in our
message box on our website at www.itronics.com. The Itronics Corporate
Profile is available on our website. The Company
thanks all its supporters as it expands
its technologies to make the world cleaner and greener.
About Itronics
Headquartered in
Reno, Nevada, Itronics Inc. is a "Zero Waste Energy Saving
Technology" Company which produces GOLD'n GRO specialty liquid
fertilizers, silver bullion, and silver-bearing glass. The Company
is an emerging "critical
mineral",
and "battery materials" producer. The Company's goal is to
achieve profitable cleantech materials technology driven organic
growth in specialty GOLD'n GRO fertilizers, silver, gold, zinc,
critical minerals, and battery minerals. The Company's
technologies maximize the recovery and uses of metals and minerals
and by doing this maximize sustainability.
The Company's growth forecast
centers upon its 10-year business plan designed to integrate its
Zero Waste Energy Saving Technologies and to grow annual sales from
$2 million in 2019, to $100 million in 2025.
The Company's
environmentally friendly award winning GOLD'n GRO liquid
fertilizers, which are extensively used in
agriculture, can be used for lawns and
houseplants, and are available at the Company's "e-store" on
Amazon.Com at http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_lawn-garden?ie+UTF8&field-brandtextbin=GOLD%27n+GRO&node+2972638011.
Due to expanded
retail customer interest, GOLD'n GRO fertilizer may now be
purchased in Reno, Nevada at "Buy Nevada First Gift Shop", 4001 S.
Virginia St.
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SOURCE
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