Note 16 - Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Statement Line Items [Line Items]

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

	December 31,		December 31,
	2021		2020
Deferred tax benefit (expense)		1,567		(1,026	)
Total income tax benefit (expense)	$	1,567	$	(1,026	)

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

	December 31,			December 31,
	2021			2020
Income (Loss) for the year before income taxes	$	4,458		$	(6,071	)
Statutory tax rate		27	%		27	%
Recovery of income taxes computed at statutory rates		(1,204	)		1,639
Share based payments		(1,149	)		(843	)
Mexican inflationary adjustments		800			(699	)
Differing effective tax rate on loss in foreign jurisdiction		(430	)		(34	)
Equity accounted earnings from Investment in Juanicipio		4,944			-
Withholding tax on planned foreign earnings repatriation		(792	)		-
Unrecognized deferred tax assets		941			1,120
Impact of foreign exchange and other		(1,542	)		(2,209	)
Total income tax benefit (expense)	$	1,567		$	(1,026	)

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

	December 31,			December 31,
	2021			2020
Deferred income tax assets
Exploration and evaluation assets	$	806		$	828
Non-capital losses		4,618			2,070
	$	5,424		$	2,898
Deferred income tax liablities
Property and equipment	$	(519	)	$	(219	)
Investment in associate		(7,304	)		(5,870	)
Investments		(158	)		(1,530	)
	$	(7,981	)	$	(7,619	)
Net deferred income tax liability	$	(2,557	)	$	(4,721	)

Disclosure of deferred taxes [text block]

	December 31,			December 31,
	2021			2020
At January 1	$	(4,721	)	$	(1,982	)
Deferred income tax (expense) benefit through income statement		1,567			(1,026	)
Deferred income tax (expense) benefit through OCI		597			(1,713	)
At December 31	$	(2,557	)	$	(4,721	)

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

	December 31,			December 31,
	2021		expiry dates	2020
Non-capital losses	$	95,341	2022-2041	$	93,602
Exploration and evaluation assets		4,796	no expiry		7,171
Financing fees		4,912	2042 - 2045		3,453
Other		1,622	no expiry		7,490
Total	$	106,671		$	111,716