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Inventories

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Notes to Financial Statements

5. Inventories

The major components of the Company's inventories at December 31, 2011 and 2010 were as follows:

		2011				2010
Antimony Metal			152,026			$	97,187
Antimony Oxide			180,404				7,233
Antimony Ore			644,113				—
Total antimony			976,543				104,420
Zeolite			90,270				38,871
		$	1,066,813			$	143,291

At December 31, 2011 and 2010, antimony metal consisted principally of recast metal from antimony-based compounds, and metal purchased from foreign suppliers. Antimony oxide inventory consisted of finished product oxide held at the Company's plant. Antimony ore was held primarily at sites in Mexico and is essentially raw material, carried at cost. The Company's zeolite inventory consists of salable zeolite material held at BRZ's Idaho mining and production facility.

The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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