1. Basis of Presentation	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Basis of Presentation	The unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information, as well as the instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of the Company’s management, all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the interim financial statements have been included. Operating results for the three month period ended March 31, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2020. For further information refer to the financial statements and footnotes thereto in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. Going Concern Consideration At March 31, 2020, the Company’s consolidated financial statements show negative working capital of approximately $2.8 million and an accumulated deficit of approximately $29.7 million. With the exception of 2018, the Company has incurred losses for the past several years. The net income in 2018 was primarily due to non-recurring events which contributed approximately $2.5 million to net income. These factors indicate that there is substantial doubt regarding the ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months. Over the past several years, the Company has been able to make required principal payments on its debt from cash generated from operations. The abandonment of the mineral properties in Mexico in November 2019 resulted in the removal of approximately $1,500,000 of debt and the related payments which were $86,000 in 2019 and $193,000 in 2018. The Company is confident it can make debt payments when due. During 2019, the Company was successful in raising $404,199 from sale of shares of its common stock to fund capital projects in Mexico. The continuing losses are principally a result of the Company’s antimony operations due to both depressed antimony prices and production costs incurred in Mexico. To improve conditions, the Company plans to continue searching for areas to reduce these production costs. Management expects improvement in cash flow in 2020 from the sale of precious metals extracted from the leach circuit scheduled to come on line in Mexico in the second half of 2020. There can be no assurance that management plans will alleviate the doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern over the next twelve months, particularly during the current period of market instability related to the COVID-19 pandemic. If the going concern assumption were not appropriate for these financial statements, then adjustments would be necessary to the carrying values of the assets and liabilities, the reported revenues and expenses, and the balance sheet classifications used.

1. Basis of Presentation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

The unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information, as well as the instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of the Company’s management, all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the interim financial statements have been included. Operating results for the three month period ended March 31, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2020.

For further information refer to the financial statements and footnotes thereto in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Going Concern Consideration

At March 31, 2020, the Company’s consolidated financial statements show negative working capital of approximately $2.8 million and an accumulated deficit of approximately $29.7 million. With the exception of 2018, the Company has incurred losses for the past several years. The net income in 2018 was primarily due to non-recurring events which contributed approximately $2.5 million to net income. These factors indicate that there is substantial doubt regarding the ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months.

Over the past several years, the Company has been able to make required principal payments on its debt from cash generated from operations. The abandonment of the mineral properties in Mexico in November 2019 resulted in the removal of approximately $1,500,000 of debt and the related payments which were $86,000 in 2019 and $193,000 in 2018. The Company is confident it can make debt payments when due. During 2019, the Company was successful in raising $404,199 from sale of shares of its common stock to fund capital projects in Mexico.

The continuing losses are principally a result of the Company’s antimony operations due to both depressed antimony prices and production costs incurred in Mexico. To improve conditions, the Company plans to continue searching for areas to reduce these production costs. Management expects improvement in cash flow in 2020 from the sale of precious metals extracted from the leach circuit scheduled to come on line in Mexico in the second half of 2020.

There can be no assurance that management plans will alleviate the doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern over the next twelve months, particularly during the current period of market instability related to the COVID-19 pandemic. If the going concern assumption were not appropriate for these financial statements, then adjustments would be necessary to the carrying values of the assets and liabilities, the reported revenues and expenses, and the balance sheet classifications used.