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10/29/2002
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Isonics Retains Investor Awareness, Inc.
Press Release Source: Isonics Corporation Tuesday October 29, 12:16 pm ET GOLDEN, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2002--Isonics Corporation (NASDAQ:ISON - News), a world leader in isotopically engineered materials for life sciences, healthcare and semiconductors and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers, announced that it has retained the services of Investor Awareness, Inc., to direct its comprehensive investor relations program. James Alexander, Isonics' Chairman & CEO, commented, "We have hired Tony Schor and his firm to design and execute an enhanced investor relations program for Isonics. New opportunities and continued progress in our core businesses demand that we more effectively relate our story to existing shareholders and potential new investors. We will target small-cap retail stockbrokers, money managers, portfolio managers, and investors in companies serving the same industries as Isonics. The program will also focus on obtaining financial and trade media exposure to augment and extend our other efforts." Founded in 1994, Deerfield, Illinois-based Investor Awareness, Inc., is a full service financial and media consulting firm providing both privately held and publicly traded companies with customized financial/public relations programs that generates awareness in the worldwide media and financial community. About Isonics Corporation Isonics is a world leader in isotopically engineered materials and produces isotopically pure, high thermal conductivity silicon-28 chemicals, silicon-28 wafers and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers for the semiconductor industry. Isonics also markets and sells stable isotopes for the health care industry such as carbon-13 for diagnostic breath tests and drug design, and oxygen-18 for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. Stable isotopes can be thought of as ultra pure materials. This high degree of purification provides enhanced properties as compared to natural materials. Additional information may be obtained at www.isonics.com. Except for historical information contained herein, this document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual results or outcomes to be materially different from those anticipated and discussed herein. Further, the Company operates in industries where securities values may be volatile and may be influenced by regulatory and other factors beyond the Company's control. Other important factors that the Company believes might cause such differences are discussed in the risk factors detailed in the Company's 10-KSB for the year ended April 30, 2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which include the Company's cash flow difficulties, dependence on significant customers, and rapid development of technology, among other risks. In assessing forward-looking statements contained herein, readers are urged to carefully read all cautionary statements contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Contact: Investor Awareness, Inc. Tony Schor/Paul Arndt, 847/945-2222 www.investorawareness.com or Isonics Corporation James E. Alexander, 303/279-7900 www.isonics.com