17. Business Segments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business Segments

The Company is currently organized and managed by three segments, which represent the operating units: United States antimony operations, Mexican antimony operations and United States zeolite operations.  The Company’s Other operating costs include general and administrative expenses, freight and delivery, and other non-production related costs. Other income and expense consists primarily of interest income and expense and factoring expense.

The Madero smelter and Puerto Blanco mill at the Company’s Mexico operation brings antimony up to an intermediate stage, which is then shipped to the United States operation for finishing and sales at the Thompson Falls, Montana plant. The Zeolite operation produces Zeolite near Preston, Idaho. Almost all of the sales of products from the United States antimony and Zeolite operations are to customers in the United States.

Segment disclosures regarding sales to major customers and for property, plant, and equipment are located in Notes 2 and 6, respectively.

Properties, plants
and equipment, net:	December 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Antimony
United States	$	1,937,402	$	1,936,894
Mexico		12,539,805		9,996,579
Subtotal Antimony		14,477,207		11,933,473
Zeolite		1,553,126		1,578,330
Total	$	16,030,333	$	13,511,803
Total Assets:	December 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Antimony
United States	$	2,676,263	$	3,045,426
Mexico		14,034,768		11,415,198
Subtotal Antimony		16,711,031		14,460,624
Zeolite		2,215,978		2,084,407
Total	$	18,927,009	$	16,545,031

	For the year ended		For the year ended
Capital expenditures:	December 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Antimony
United States	$	62,328	$	70,076
Mexico		3,192,751		1,706,647
Subtotal Antimony		3,255,079		1,776,723
Zeolite		196,238		124,767
Total	$	3,451,317	$	1,901,490

Segment Operations for the	Antimony		Antimony			Bear River
Year ended December 31, 2015	USAC		Mexico			Zeolite		Totals
Total revenues	$	10,347,824	$	7,535		$	2,753,644	$	13,109,003
Depreciation and amortization		61,819		649,526			221,441		932,786
Income (loss) from operations		4,990,865		(6,311,265	)		511,403		(808,997	)
Other income (expense):									(29,534	)
NET INCOME (LOSS)								$	(838,531	)
Segment Operations for the	Antimony		Antimony			Bear River
Year ended December 31, 2014	USAC		Mexico			Zeolite		Totals
Total revenues	$	8,580,035	$	22,538		$	2,169,619	$	10,772,192
Depreciation and amortization		63,787		495,765			221,230		780,782
Income (loss) from operations		1,971,677		(3,864,950	)		304,934		(1,588,339	)
Other income (expense):									(7,116	)
Income (loss) before income taxes									(1,595,455	)
NET INCOME (LOSS)								$	(1,595,455	)