• Itronics released an updated business plan outlining a vertically integrated strategy spanning critical minerals processing, specialty fertilizer manufacturing, and mine tailings processing.
• Strategy targets US national security priorities, including domestic critical minerals supply and fertilizer manufacturing, which was elevated to a national defense priority in May 2026.
• Plans center on commercializing its Deep Eutectic Solvent platform to recover critical minerals from alkaline battery scrap, with some output routed into GOLD'n GRO fertilizers.
• Launch of a commercial-scale ZMC processing operation remains planned, positioning the business as a domestic producer of manganese dioxide.

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