SEGMENT DISCLOSURES
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
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22.   SEGMENT DISCLOSURES

The Company's operating segments are based on internal management reports that are reviewed by the Company's executives (the chief operating decision makers) in assessing performance. The Company has two operating mining segments which are located in Mexico, Guanaceví and Bolañitos, the El Compas mine which is on care and maintenance and , the El Cubo mine, which for the prior year included the mine and related assets that were sold in April 2021., The Company has one development project in Mexico, Terronera, as well as Exploration and Corporate segments. The Exploration segment consists of projects in the exploration and evaluation phases in Mexico,Chile and the USA. Exploration projects that are in the local district surrounding a mine are included in the mine's segments. Comparative period figures related to Terronera, previously reported as part of the exploration segment have been reclassified to conform with current period's presentation.

    December 31, 2021        
    Corporate     Exploration     Guanaceví     Bolanitos     El Compas     El Cubo     Terronera     Total  
Cash and cash equivalents $ 67,913   $ 144   $ 27,060   $ 4,234   $ 3,349   $ 236   $ 367   $ 103,303  
Other Investments   11,200     -     -     -     -     -     -     11,200  
Accounts and other receivables   35     -     6,706     6,633     308     777     3     14,462  
Income tax receivable   137     1     3     2     2     32     -     177  
Inventories   -     -     19,852     7,057     195     351     30     27,485  
Prepaid expenses   1,229     118     844     349     20     98     2,477     5,135  
Non-current deposits   76     -     321     128     -     74     -     599  
Non-current IVA receivable   -     -     1,434     -     -     164     2,658     4,256  
Deferred income tax asset   -     -     -     936     -     -     -     936  
Non-current Income tax receivable   -     -     -     -     -     3,570     -     3,570  
Intangible assets   2     1     15     17     2     -     3     40  
Right-of-use leased assets   564     -     100     -     -     -     -     664  
Mineral property, plant and equipment   373     18,963     54,234     27,371     2,005     -     19,251     122,197  
Total assets $ 81,529   $ 19,227   $ 110,569   $ 46,727   $ 5,881   $ 5,302   $ 24,789   $ 294,024  
                                                 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 9,788   $ 238   $ 15,247   $ 4,667   $ 141   $ 333   $ 1,577   $ 31,991  
Income taxes payable   29     -     3,563     636     -     -     -     4,228  
Loans payable   43     -     2,005     4,048     -     -     4,398     10,494  
Lease obligations   896     -           105     -     -     -     1,001  
Provision for reclamation and rehabilitation   -     -     3,997     3,237     163     -     -     7,397  
Deferred income tax liability   -     -     1,271     235     -     -     -     1,506  
Total liabilities $ 10,756   $ 238   $ 26,083   $ 12,928   $ 304   $ 333   $ 5,975   $ 56,617  
December 31, 2020  
    Corporate     Exploration     Guanaceví     Bolanitos     El Compas     El Cubo     Terronera     Total  
                                                 
Cash and cash equivalents $ 23,370   $ 471   $ 25,456   $ 6,069   $ 4,579   $ 1,120   $ 18   $ 61,083  
Other Investments   4,767     -     -     -     -     -     -   $ 4,767  
Accounts and other receivables   1,475     -     6,573     9,321     1,949     642     184   $ 20,144  
Income tax receivable   -     5     15     12     -     20     -   $ 52  
Inventories   -     -     9,252     4,645     2,461     282     -   $ 16,640  
Prepaid expenses   1,095     77     731     202     20     114     45   $ 2,284  
Non-current deposits   76     -     306     135     -     74     -   $ 591  
Deferred financing costs   294     -     -     -     -     -     -   $ 294  
Non-current IVA receivable   -     -     1,475     -     -     347     854   $ 2,676  
Deferred income tax asset   -     -     9,445     3,308     -     -     -   $ 12,753  
Intangible assets   11     79     134     135     78     46     9   $ 492  
Right-of-use leased assets   649     -     -     105     107     -     -   $ 861  
Mineral property, plant and equipment   309     8,658     40,386     24,445     3,584     3,127     7,446   $ 87,955  
Goodwill   -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -  
Total assets $ 32,046   $ 9,290   $ 93,773   $ 48,377   $ 12,778   $ 5,772   $ 8,556   $ 210,592  
                                                 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 11,008   $ 610   $ 10,547   $ 3,809   $ 1,018   $ 580   $ 192   $ 27,764  
Income taxes payable   4     -     2,367     667     -     -     -   $ 3,038  
Loans payable   439     -     3,105     6,128     -     -     -   $ 9,672  
Lease obligations   982     -     -     112     -     -     -   $ 1,094  
Provision for reclamation and rehabilitation   -     -     2,221     1,978     132     4,545     -   $ 8,876  
Deferred income tax liability   -     -     798     279     -     -     -   $ 1,077  
Total liabilities $ 12,433   $ 610   $ 19,038   $ 12,973   $ 1,150   $ 5,125   $ 192   $ 51,521  
Year ended December 31, 2021  
    Corporate     Exploration     Guanaceví     Bolanitos     El Compas     El Cubo     Terronera     Total  
Silver sales $ -   $ -   $ 85,854   $ 10,149   $ 1,254   $ -   $ -   $ 97,257  
Gold sales   -     -     22,638     38,645     8,739     -     -   $ 70,022  
Less: smelting and refining costs   -     -     -     (1,715 )   (244 )   -     -   $ (1,959 )
Total revenue $ -   $ -   $ 108,492   $ 47,079   $ 9,749   $ -   $ -   $ 165,320  
                                                 
Salaries, wages and benefits:                                                
mining $ -   $ -   $ 8,352   $ 5,574   $ 1,314   $ -   $ -   $ 15,240  
processing   -     -     3,303     1,799     614     -     -     5,716  

administrative

   -     -     5,406     3,331     823     -     -     9,560  

stock based compensation

   -     -     180     180     61     -     -     421  

change in inventory

   -     -     (2,946 )   (764 )   342     -     -     (3,368 )
Total salaries, wages and benefits   -     -     14,295     10,120     3,154     -     -     27,569  
                                                 
Direct costs:                                                

mining

   -     -   $ 25,253   $ 11,076   $ 2,746     -     -     39,075  

processing

   -     -     12,220     5,373     1,205     -     -     18,798  

administrative

   -     -     5,981     3,813     1,380     -     -     11,174  

change in inventory

   -     -     (5,808 )   (1,306 )   522     -     -     (6,592 )
Total direct production costs   -     -     37,646     18,956     5,853     -     -     62,455  
                                                 
Depreciation and depletion:                                                

depreciation and depletion

   -     -     11,842     13,696     1,436     -     -     26,974  

change in inventory

   -     -     (3,899 )   (205 )   1,107     -     -     (2,997 )
Total depreciation and depletion   -     -     7,943     13,491     2,543     -     -     23,977  
                                                 
Royalties   -     -     13,165     265     350     3     -     13,783  
Write down of inventory to NRV   -     -     539     357     272     -     -     1,168  
                                                 
Total cost of sales $ -   $ -   $ 73,588   $ 43,189   $ 12,172   $ 3   $ -   $ 128,952  
                                                 
Care and maintenance costs   -     -     -     -     497     859     -     1,356  
Severance costs   -     -     -     -     870     -     -     870  
Impairment (reversal of impairment)   -     -     -     -     -     (16,791 )   -     (16,791 )
                                                 
Earnings (loss) before taxes $ (2,605 ) $ (10,648 ) $ 34,904   $ 3,890   $ (3,790 ) $ 15,929   $ (7,992 ) $ 29,688  
                                                 
Current income tax expense (recovery)   -     -     3,206     275     -     -     -     3,481  
Deferred income tax expense (recovery)   -     -     9,924    

2,328

     -     -     -     12,252  
Total income tax expense (recovery)   -     -     13,130     2,603     -     -     -     15,733  
                                                 
Net earnings (loss) $ (2,605 ) $ (10,648 ) $ 21,774   $ 1,287   $ (3,790 ) $ 15,929   $ (7,992 ) $ 13,955  

The Exploration segment included $2,178 of costs incurred in Chile for the year ended December 31, 2021 (December 31, 2020- $1,799).

Year ended December 31, 2020  
    Corporate     Exploration     Guanaceví     Bolanitos     El Compas     El Cubo     Terronera     Total  
Silver sales $ -   $ -   $ 65,501   $ 7,471   $ 1,761   $ -   $ -   $ 74,733  
Gold sales   -     -     17,458     33,970     14,126     -     -   $ 65,554  
Less: smelting and refining costs               -     (1,393 )   (433 )             $ (1,826 )
Total revenue $ -   $ -   $ 82,959   $ 40,048   $ 15,454   $ -   $ -   $ 138,461  
                                                 
Salaries, wages and benefits:                                                

mining

 $ -   $ -   $ 5,825   $ 3,660   $ 1,430   $ -   $ -   $ 10,915  

processing

   -     -     1,846     1,275     916     -     -     4,037  

administrative

   -     -     2,721     2,434     1,142     -     -     6,297  

stock based compensation

   -     -     114     108     108     -     -     330  

change in inventory

   -     -     (239 )   (172 )   (219 )   -     -     (630 )
Total salaries, wages and benefits   -     -     10,267     7,305     3,377     -     -     20,949  
                                                 
Direct costs:                                                

mining

   -     -     18,324     9,108     3,914     -     -     31,346  

processing

   -     -     9,549     3,427     2,204     -     -     15,180  

administrative

   -     -     3,461     2,484     1,835     -     -     7,780  

change in inventory

   -     -     (794 )   (420 )   390     -     -     (824 )
Total direct production costs   -     -     30,540     14,599     8,343     -     -     53,482  
                                                 
Depreciation and depletion:                                                

depreciation and depletion

   -     -     9,223     9,341     10,793     -     -     29,357  

change in inventory

   -     -     (438 )   (394 )   (389 )   -     -     (1,221 )
Total depreciation and depletion   -     -     8,785     8,947     10,404     -     -     28,136  
                                                 
Royalties   -     -     7,407     197     550     -     -     8,154  
Write down of inventory to NRV   -     -     -     -     405     -     -     405  
                                                 
Total cost of sales $ -   $ -   $ 56,999   $ 31,048   $ 23,079   $ -   $ -   $ 111,126  
                                                 
Care and maintenance costs   -     -     886     832     504     3,011     -     5,233  
Impaiment (reversal of impairment)   -     -     (2,576 )   -     3,000     -     -     424  
                                                 
Earnings (loss) before taxes $ (12,976 ) $ (7,323 ) $ 27,650   $ 8,168   $ (11,129 ) $ (3,011 ) $ (2,433 ) $ (1,054 )
                                                 
Current income tax expense (recovery)   -     -     2,007     918     68     -     -     2,993  
Deferred income tax expense (recovery)   -     -     (5,811 )   774     (169 )   -     -     (5,206 )
Total income tax expense (recovery)   -     -     (3,804 )   1,692     (101 )   -     -     (2,213 )
                                                 
Net earnings (loss) $ (12,976 ) $ (7,323 ) $ 31,454   $ 6,476   $ (11,028 ) $ (3,011 ) $ (2,433 ) $ 1,159  

Costs associated with the suspension of operation activities due to COVID-19 have been recognized as care and maintenance costs.

The exploration segment included $1,799 of costs incurred in Chile for the year ended December 31, 2020 (December 31, 2019 - $2,957).