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

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

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

The following tables present information about our reportable segments sales for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023			2022			2023			2022
Total sales:
Greens Creek	$	96,459		$	60,875		$	290,961		$	239,688
Lucky Friday		21,409			28,460			113,167			102,380
Keno Hill		16,001			—			17,582			—
Casa Berardi		46,912			56,939			134,856			181,679
Nevada Operations		—			—			960			268
Other		1,125			65			2,011			65
	$	181,906		$	146,339		$	559,537		$	524,080
Income (loss) from operations:
Greens Creek	$	31,169		$	1,378		$	92,824		$	63,768
Lucky Friday		(4,935	)		4,269			20,161			18,568
Keno Hill		(7,462	)		(2,324	)		(24,145	)		(2,324	)
Casa Berardi		(12,433	)		(5,226	)		(35,492	)		(8,497	)
Nevada Operations		(6,061	)		(8,917	)		(16,981	)		(30,879	)
Other		(12,919	)		(14,639	)		(38,644	)		(43,625	)
	$	(12,641	)	$	(25,459	)	$	(2,277	)	$	(2,989	)

The following table presents total assets by reportable segment as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (in thousands):

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Total assets:
Greens Creek	$	568,881	$	582,687
Lucky Friday		564,746		571,510
Keno Hill		354,149		276,096
Casa Berardi		694,030		681,631
Nevada Operations		461,706		466,722
Other		317,644		348,526
	$	2,961,156	$	2,927,172

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

Total sales for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023			2022			2023			2022
Silver	$	74,425		$	45,924		$	235,447		$	182,306
Gold		70,206			69,289			208,216			228,475
Lead		15,719			16,033			62,778			56,912
Zinc		33,066			28,051			91,912			94,865
Less: Smelter and refining charges		(12,550	)		(13,023	)		(40,743	)		(38,543	)
Total metal sales		180,866			146,274			557,610			524,015
Environmental remediation services		1,040			65			1,927			65
Total sales	$	181,906		$	146,339		$	559,537		$	524,080