Aqua Metals to Host Third Quarter 2015 Conference Call on Wednesday, November 11th at 8:30 a.m. PT

ALAMEDA, Calif., Oct. 28, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aqua Metals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AQMS) ("Aqua Metals" or the "Company"), a developer of an electrochemical lead recycling technology, will host a conference call on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 8:30 a.m. Pacific time (11:30 a.m. Eastern time) to discuss its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015

A press release detailing these results will be issued just prior to the call. Dr. Stephen Clarke, Chairman and CEO, and Thomas Murphy, Chief Financial Officer, will host the call followed by a question and answer session.

To access the call, please use the following information:

Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Time: 8:30 a.m. Pacific time (11:30 a.m. Eastern time)
Dial-in: 1-866-430-5877
International Dial-in: 1-704-908-0447
Passcode: 66612570
Webcast: http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/w956uuhr/lan/en

A telephone replay will be available approximately two hours after the call and will run through December 11, 2015 by dialing 1-855-859-2056 from the U.S., or 1-404-537-3406 from international locations, and entering replay pin number: 66612570.

The webcast will be available for replay for 60 days at http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/w956uuhr/lan/en and on the investor relations section of the company's website at www.aquametals.com.

About Aqua Metals, Inc.

Aqua Metals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AQMS) has developed AquaRefining™, a modular electrochemical process that produces ultra-pure lead from used lead-acid batteries in an efficient and socially responsible manner. Unlike lead smelting (the current method of recycling lead-acid batteries), AquaRefining produces almost no emissions. AquaRefining also consumes much less total energy and is more cost effective than lead smelting. Aqua Metals has engineering offices in Alameda, California and is in the process of building commercial lead production AquaRefining facilities, the first of which will be near Reno, Nevada. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.aquametals.com.

Safe Harbor

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning Aqua Metals, Inc., including statements regarding the prospects for the lead acid battery recycling industry, the future of lead acid battery recycling via traditional smelters, the Company's development of its commercial lead acid battery recycling facilities and the quality, efficiency and profitability of the Company's proposed lead acid battery recycling operations. Those forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially. Among those factors are: (1) the fact that Company has not yet commenced revenue producing operations or developed its initial commercial recycling facility, thus subjecting the Company to all of the risks inherent in a pre-revenue start-up; (2) risks related to Aqua Metals' ability to raise sufficient capital, as and when needed, to develop and operate its recycling facilities; (3) changes in the federal, state and foreign laws regulating the recycling of lead acid batteries; (4) the Company's ability to protect its proprietary technology, trade secrets and know-how and (5) those other risks disclosed in the section "Risk Factors" included in the final prospectus filed by Aqua Metals with the SEC on July 31, 2015. Aqua Metals cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to update or revise such statements to reflect new circumstances or unanticipated events as they occur.

CONTACT: Company Contact:
         Aqua Metals, Inc.
         Thomas Murphy
         Chief Financial Officer
         Main: 1-510-479-7635
         www.aquametals.com

         Investor Relations:
         MZ North America
         Greg Falesnik
         Senior Vice President
         Main: 949-385-6449
         greg.falesnik@mzgroup.us
         www.mzgroup.us

Released October 28, 2015