NOTE 13 – BUSINESS SEGEMENTS

 

The Company is organized and managed via four segments, which represent our operating units: United States antimony operations, Mexico antimony operations, precious metals recovery operations, and United States zeolite operations.

 

Total assets by segment at December 31, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

Total Assets:

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Antimony segment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States total assets

 

$14,769,408

 

 

$21,636,386

 

Mexico total assets

 

 

7,132,885

 

 

 

8,484,131

 

Subtotal antimony segment

 

$21,902,293

 

 

$30,120,517

 

Precious metals segment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States total assets

 

$92,718

 

 

$172,004

 

Mexico total assets

 

 

625,974

 

 

 

625,292

 

Subtotal precious metals segment

 

$718,692

 

 

$797,296

 

Zeolite segment

 

 

5,474,010

 

 

 

3,782,637

 

Total Assets

 

$28,094,995

 

 

$34,700,450

 

 

Total capital expenditures by segment for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:

 

Capital expenditures

 

December 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Antimony segment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States capital expenditures

 

$61,851

 

 

$81,931

 

Mexico capital expenditures

 

 

182,321

 

 

 

324,961

 

Subtotal antimony segment

 

$244,172

 

 

$406,892

 

Precious metals segment

 

 

-

 

 

 

17,518

 

Zeolite segment

 

 

1,284,500

 

 

 

1,463,605

 

TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

 

$1,528,672

 

 

$1,888,015

 

Selected segment operational information for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 were as follows: 

 

Segment operations for the year ended December 31, 2023

 

Antimony

 

 

Antimony

 

 

Total

 

 

Precious

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA

 

 

Mexico

 

 

Antimony

 

 

Metals

 

 

Zeolite

 

 

Total

 

Total revenues

 

 

5,416,092

 

 

 

488,388

 

 

 

5,904,480

 

 

 

326,496

 

 

 

2,462,179

 

 

 

8,693,155

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

39,328

 

 

 

550,683

 

 

 

590,011

 

 

 

110,693

 

 

 

258,741

 

 

 

959,445

 

Income (loss) from operations

 

 

(662,326)

 

 

(5,857,872)

 

 

(6,520,198)

 

 

215,803

 

 

 

(764,606)

 

 

(7,069,001)

Other income (expense)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

720,714

 

Income tax expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

NET INCOME (LOSS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6,348,287)

 

Segment operations for the year ended December 31, 2022

 

Antimony

 

 

Antimony

 

 

Total

 

 

Precious

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA

 

 

Mexico

 

 

Antimony

 

 

Metals

 

 

Zeolite

 

 

Total

 

Total revenues

 

 

6,803,848

 

 

 

827,822

 

 

 

7,631,670

 

 

 

261,707

 

 

 

3,151,330

 

 

 

11,044,707

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

40,978

 

 

 

589,877

 

 

 

630,855

 

 

 

110,540

 

 

 

167,825

 

 

 

909,220

 

Income (loss) from operations

 

 

2,307,649

 

 

 

(2,285,059)

 

 

22,590

 

 

 

151,167

 

 

 

174,448

 

 

 

348,205

 

Other income (expense)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

96,529

 

Income tax expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(16,073)

NET INCOME (LOSS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

428,661

 

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2023Apr 12, 2024Showing above
2022Jul 18, 2023

About Segments Disclosures

Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.

Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.