Note 2 -Business Segments and Sales of Products (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

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Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

The following tables present information about our reportable segments metal sales for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023			2022
Net sales to unaffiliated customers:
Greens Creek	$	98,611		$	86,090
Lucky Friday		49,110			38,040
Keno Hill		—			—
Casa Berardi		50,998			62,101
Nevada Operations		272			268
Other		509			—
	$	199,500		$	186,499
Income (loss) from operations:
Greens Creek	$	31,241		$	34,586
Lucky Friday		14,568			8,771
Keno Hill		(6,763	)		—
Casa Berardi		(13,693	)		(2,699	)
Nevada Operations		(5,410	)		(12,231	)
Other		(14,390	)		(13,669	)
	$	5,553		$	14,758

The following table presents identifiable assets by reportable segment as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (in thousands):

	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Identifiable assets:
Greens Creek	$	582,855	$	582,687
Lucky Friday		553,447		571,510
Keno Hill		303,340		276,096
Casa Berardi		693,763		681,631
Nevada Operations		465,037		466,722
Other		327,182		348,526
	$	2,925,624	$	2,927,172

Revenue from External Customers by Products and Services [Table Text Block]

Sales by metal for the three month periods ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023			2022
Silver	$	81,532		$	66,332
Gold		75,087			77,168
Lead		25,402			19,564
Zinc		32,943			35,638
Less: Smelter and refining charges		(15,973	)		(12,203	)
	$	198,991		$	186,499

Sales of metals for the three month periods ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, included a net gain of $0.9 million and a net loss of $4.8 million, respectively, on financially-settled forward option contracts for silver, gold, lead and zinc. See Note 8 for more information.