SEGMENT DISCLOSURES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Statements Line Items

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December 31, 2018
		Corporate		Exploration		Guanaceví		Bolanitos		El Cubo		El Compas		Total
Cash and cash equivalents	$	14,477	$	765	$	3,947	$	4,776	$	8,863	$	548	$	33,376
Other Investments		88		-		-		-		-		-		88
Accounts receivables		176		1,924		9,386		2,760		8,996		3,705		26,947
Inventories		-		-		6,310		3,736		2,939		1,909		14,894
Prepaid expenses		1,666		75		706		26		129		102		2,704
Non-current deposits		76		-		308		151		74		505		1,114
Deferred income tax asset		-		-		6,782		1,549		816		-		9,147
Mineral property, plant and equipment		573		11,791		34,933		9,348		11,323		20,809		88,777
Total assets	$	17,056	$	14,555	$	62,372	$	22,346	$	33,140	$	27,578	$	177,047
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	6,045	$	287	$	5,528	$	1,872	$	4,347	$	1,391	$	19,470
Income taxes payable		1,028		-		926		878		1,218		-		4,050
Deferred lease inducement		217		-		-		-		-		-		217
Provision for reclamation and rehabilitation		-		-		2,128		1,805		4,148		114		8,195
Deferred income tax liability		-		-		-		36		-		299		335
Total liabilities	$	7,290	$	287	$	8,582	$	4,591	$	9,713	$	1,804	$	32,267

December 31, 2017
		Corporate		Exploration		Guanaceví		Bolanitos		El Cubo		El Compas		Total
Cash and cash equivalents	$	20,884	$	1,034	$	6,212	$	2,360	$	7,594	$	193	$	38,277
Restricted cash		1,000		-		-		-		-		-		1,000
Other Investments		168		-		-		-		-		-		168
Accounts receivables		341		893		12,115		4,100		15,602		961		34,012
Inventories		-		-		8,476		2,178		2,477		-		13,131
Prepaid expenses		1,090		128		125		77		176		315		1,911
Non-current deposits		76		-		316		144		74		-		610
Deferred income tax asset		-		-		-		655		-		-		655
Mineral property, plant and equipment		691		11,285		42,264		6,766		15,929		11,881		88,816
Total assets	$	24,250	$	13,340	$	69,508	$	16,280	$	41,852	$	13,350	$	178,580
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	5,965	$	225	$	4,484	$	1,774	$	5,721	$	899	$	19,068
Income taxes payable		727		-		1,499		940		19		-		3,185
Deferred lease inducement		236		-		-		-		-		-		236
Provision for reclamation and rehabilitation		-		-		2,086		1,772		4,074		50		7,982
Deferred income tax liability		-		200		528		637		227		-		1,592
Total liabilities	$	6,928	$	425	$	8,597	$	5,123	$	10,041	$	949	$	32,063

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		Corporate			Exploration			Guanaceví			Bolanitos			El Cubo			El Compas			Total
		Year ended December 31, 2018
Silver revenue	$	-		$	-		$	32,267		$	14,310		$	38,903		$	-		$	85,480
Gold revenue		-			-			6,962			25,495			32,572			-			65,029
Total revenue	$	-		$	-		$	39,229		$	39,805		$	71,475		$	-		$	150,509
Salaries, wages and benefits:
mining	$	-		$	-		$	5,382		$	5,102		$	9,309		$	-		$	19,793
processing		-			-			1,644			1,065			2,201			-			4,910
administrative		-			-			2,580			2,360			3,116			-			8,056
stock based compensation		-			-			(31	)		(31	)		(31	)		-			(93	)
change in inventory		-			-			662			(383	)		(42	)		-			237
Total salaries, wages and benefits		-			-			10,237			8,113			14,553			-			32,903
Direct costs:
mining		-			-			20,332			10,716			13,197			-			44,245
processing		-			-			6,783			6,590			8,211			-			21,584
administrative		-			-			1,886			1,670			2,336			-			5,892
change in inventory		-			-			1,021			(815	)		80			-			286
Total direct production costs		-			-			30,022			18,161			23,824			-			72,007
Depreciation and depletion:
depreciation and depletion		-			-			22,352			931			14,609			-			37,892
change in inventory		-			-			765			(70	)		(175	)		-			520
Total depreciation and depletion		-			-			23,117			861			14,434			-			38,412
Royalties		-			-			1,123			190			340			-			1,653
Write down of inventory to NRV		-			-			2,026			-			-			-			2,026
Total cost of sales	$	-		$	-		$	66,525		$	27,325		$	53,151		$	-		$	147,001
Earnings (loss) before taxes	$	(8,079	)	$	(12,258	)	$	(27,296	)	$	12,480		$	18,324		$	(882	)	$	(17,711	)
Current income tax expense (recovery)		-			-			642			2,507			1,328			-			4,477
Deferred income tax expense (recovery)		-			-			(7,475	)		(1,530	)		(1,043	)		299			(9,749	)
Total income tax expense (recovery)		-			-			(6,833	)		977			285			299			(5,272	)
Net earnings (loss)	$	(8,079	)	$	(12,258	)	$	(20,463	)	$	11,503		$	18,039		$	(1,181	)	$	(12,439	)

		Corporate			Exploration			Guanaceví			Bolanitos			El Cubo			El Compas			Total
		Year ended December 31, 2017
Silver revenue	$	-		$	-		$	37,161		$	15,265		$	31,934		$	-		$	84,360
Gold revenue		-			-			6,210			33,154			26,775			-			66,139
Total revenue	$	-		$	-		$	43,371		$	48,419		$	58,709		$	-		$	150,499
Salaries, wages and benefits:
mining	$	-		$	-		$	6,027		$	5,023		$	8,798		$	-		$	19,848
processing		-			-			1,951			978			1,765			-			4,694
administrative		-			-			2,948			2,419			3,023			-			8,390
stock based compensation		-			-			68			67			67			-			202
change in inventory		-			-			209			(91	)		36			-			154
Total salaries, wages and benefits		-			-			11,203			8,396			13,689			-			33,288
Direct costs:
mining		-			-			12,567			11,777			15,900			-			40,244
processing		-			-			6,709			6,921			8,742			-			22,372
administrative		-			-			2,164			1,893			2,906			-			6,963
change in inventory		-			-			833			(227	)		59			-			665
Total direct production costs		-			-			22,273			20,364			27,607			-			70,244
Depreciation and depletion:
depreciation and depletion		-			-			13,934			1,900			1,332			-			17,166
change in inventory		-			-			(569	)		(6	)		(9	)		-			(584	)
Total depreciation and depletion		-			-			13,365			1,894			1,323			-			16,582
Royalties		-			-			1,239			228			273			-			1,740
Write down of inventory to NRV		-			-			166			-			-			-			166
Total cost of sales	$	-		$	-		$	48,246		$	30,882		$	42,892		$	-		$	122,020
Earnings (loss) before taxes	$	(7,694	)	$	(10,564	)	$	(4,875	)	$	17,537		$	15,817		$	(2,334	)	$	7,887
Current income tax expense (recovery)		(10	)		-			676			3,981			3			-			4,650
Deferred income tax expense (recovery)		-			200			(5,589	)		(1,473	)		415			-			(6,447	)
Total income tax expense (recovery)		(10	)		200			(4,913	)		2,508			418			-			(1,797	)
Net earnings (loss)	$	(7,684	)	$	(10,764	)	$	38		$	15,029		$	15,399		$	(2,334	)	$	9,684