Note 16 - Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Statement Line Items [Line Items]

Description of income taxes recognized in profit or loss [text block]

		December 31,			December 31,
		2020			2019
Deferred tax (expense) benefit	$	(1,026	)	$	131
Total income tax (expense) benefit	$	(1,026	)	$	131

Disclosure of income tax expense recovery differences explanatory [text block]

	December 31,			December 31,
	2020			2019
Loss for the year before income taxes	$	(6,071	)	$	(4,557	)
Statutory tax rate		27	%		27	%
Recovery of income taxes computed at statutory rates		1,639			1,230
Share based payments		(843	)		(694	)
Mexican inflationary adjustments		(699	)		(600	)
Differing effective tax rate on loss in foreign jurisdiction		(34	)		4
Unrecognized deferred tax assets		1,120			(2,680	)
Impact of foreign exchange and other		(2,209	)		2,871
Total income tax (expense) benefit	$	(1,026	)	$	131

Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [text block]

	December 31,			December 31,
	2020			2019
Deferred income tax assets
Exploration and evaluation assets	$	828		$	1,004
Non-capital losses		2,070			301
	$	2,898		$	1,305
Deferred income tax liabilities
Exploration and evaluation assets	$	(219	)	$	(95	)
Investment in associate		(5,870	)		(3,192	)
Investments		(1,530	)		-
	$	(7,619	)	$	(3,287	)
Net deferred income tax liability	$	(4,721	)	$	(1,982	)

Disclosure of deferred taxes [text block]

The Company's  movement of net deferred tax liabilities is described below:
		December 31,			December 31,
		2020			2019
At January 1	$	(1,982	)	$	(2,113	)
Deferred income tax (expense) benefit through income statement		(1,026	)		131
Deferred income tax (expense) benefit through OCI		(1,713	)		-
At December 31	$	(4,721	)	$	(1,982	)

Disclosure of deductible temporary differences and unused tax credits for which no deferred tax assets explanatory [text block]

The Company has the following deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax assets have been recognized:
		December 31,			December 31,
		2020	expiry dates		2019
Non-capital losses	$	93,602	2021 - 2040	$	85,611
Exploration and evaluation assets		7,171	no expiry		13,040
Financing fees		3,453	2040 - 2044		934
Other		7,490	no expiry		3,352
Total	$	111,716		$	102,937