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British Columbia Securities Commission
QUARTERLY REPORT
FORM 51-901F

         
NAME OF ISSUER   FOR QUARTER ENDED   DATE OF REPORT
AVINO SILVER & GOLD MINES LTD.
  April 30, 2003   June 27, 2003
 
       
 
 
 
 
ISSUER ADDRESS:
 
Suite 400, 455 Granville Street
 
             
CITY PROVINCE
  POSTAL CODE   ISSUER FAX NO.   ISSUER TELEPHONE NO
 
           
Vancouver, British Columbia
  V6C 1T1   (604) 682-3600   (604) 682-3701
 
           
             
CONTACT PERSON   CONTACT’S POSITION
  CONTACT TELEPHONE NO.
 
           
Andrea Regnier   Accountant & Secretary
  (604) 682-3701
 
           
     
   
 
           
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
  WEB SITE ADDRESS
 
           
 
   
 
           
dawnpacific@telus.net
  www.avino.com
 
           
 
   

CERTIFICATE

The three schedules required to complete this Quarterly Report are attached and the disclosure contained therein has been approved by the Board of Directors. A copy of this Quarterly Report will be provided to any shareholder who requests it.

     
DIRECTOR’S SIGNATURE
Signed:
“Louis Wolfin”
 
DATE SIGNED
03/06/27
 
   
 
   
DIRECTOR’S SIGNATURE
Signed:
“David Wolfin”
 
DATE SIGNED
03/06/27
 
   

SECURITIES ISSUED DURING THE PERIOD ENDED APRIL 30, 2003

                                                 
Date   Type of           Number of shares                   Type of
YY/MM/DD   Issue   Description   Issued   Price per share   Proceeds $   consideration
03/03/18
  Common
  Exercise of Options
    2,000     $ 0.58     $ 1,160     Cash
 
                                               
03/04/02
  Common
  Exercise of Options
    8,000     $ 0.58     $ 4,640     Cash
 
                                               
03/04/10
  Common
  Exercise of Options
    18,000     $ 0.58     $ 10,440     Cash
 
                                               
03/04/14
  Common
  Exercise of Options
    50,000     $ 0.58     $ 29,000     Cash
 
                                               

OPTIONS GRANTED DURING THE PERIOD ENDED APRIL 30, 2003

                         
Date of Grant                        
YY/MM/DD       Number   Type   Description/name   Exercise price   Expiry date
Nil
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

OPTIONS, WARRANTS AND CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES OUTSTANDING
AT APRIL 30, 2003

                         
            Exercise or    
            convertible price   Expiry Date
Security   Amount   per share   YY/MM/DD
Options
    446,000     $ 0.58       07/10/23  
 
                       

LIST OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS AS AT APRIL 30, 2003

     
Ernest Calvert, Director
  Michael Baybak, Director
 
   
William Glasier, Director
  Louis Wolfin, President and Director
 
   
David Wolfin, Director
  Andrea Regnier, Secretary
 
   
William Kocken, Director
 
 
   

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SCHEDULE “B”
BRITISH COLUMBIA SECURITIES COMMISSION
FORM 51-901F QUARTERLY REPORT

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS
For the period ended April 30, 2003

Description of Business

The Company’s principal business activities are exploration and development of mineral properties. The Company is continually investigating new exploration opportunities, and mineral exploration is carried out on properties identified by management as having favorable exploration potential. The focus for the quarter has been on the Aumax property located in the Lillooet Mining Division of British Columbia.

Results of Operations

The Company reports a net loss of Cdn $37,166 or $0.01 per share, for the quarter ended April 30, 2003, compared to a net loss of $36,486 or $0.01 per share for the corresponding quarter in 2002. The Company had no operating revenues.

There were no write-downs or write-off during the quarter. Included in the 2002 loss was $26,180 in interest expense and a charge to operations of a gain in foreign exchange of $23,019. These items relate to an outstanding debenture which came off the balance sheet during the 2003 fiscal year. Audit and accounting fees have reduced from $13,154 to $4,250, due in part to re-categorizing certain expenses to Office and administration. Salaries and benefits have increased from $Nil to $6,037 as a result of the Company employing an additional staff member. The Company incurred $2,943 during the quarter in miscellaneous property investigation compared to $Nil in 2002. Legal fees were $4,572 in 2002 compared to $Nil this period. The Company did not require legal assistance during this quarter. Office and administration have increased from $35 in 2002 to $4,741 due in part to a late accrual of $2,684 which was incurred during the 2002 fiscal year and an increase in office assistance during quarter.

Current events

The Company has been focusing its efforts on the silver mine in Mexico. Negotiation have been on-going with the shareholders of Cia Minera to purchase their interest which would result in the Company holding 100% interest in the Mine and properties. The Company has also been preparing an exploration plan for the Aumax property in British Columbia. The Company is raising funds through a flow-through private placement to conduct the work.

Related Party Transactions

Under a Management Consulting Agreement dated August 1, 1997 between the Company and Frobisher Securities Inc.(“Frobisher”) a private company controlled by the President of the Company, the Company pays Frobisher a remuneration of $2,500 per month plus out of pocket expenses. Included in the amounts due to related parties is $61,029 due under this agreement. The President of the Company also made a cash loan to the Company of $52,500 which is also included in amounts due to related parties.

The Company has a contract with Oniva International Services Corp. (“Oniva”) a private company owned by Avino and three other affiliated company’s, and controlled by two directors of the Company, whereby Oniva provides certain administrative and exploration services to Avino. The Company has a payable to Oniva of $257,171.

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS
For the period ended April 30, 2003
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The Company intends to settle these debts by the issuance of common shares.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At this time, the Company has no operating revenues, and does not anticipate any operating revenues until the Company is able to find, acquire, place in production and operate a profitable mining property.

Historically, the Company has raised funds through equity financing and the exercise of options and warrants to fund its operations. The Company has a working capital deficiency of $185,971 at April 30, 2003. Although the Company is planning to settlement a large portion of debt with shares, the Company will need to re-finance in order to maintain operations.

Contingent liabilities

On August 31, 1995, the Company, together with Bralorne-Pioneer Gold Mines Ltd., (“Joint Venture”) completed a joint offering of 2,000 Mortgage Bond units. Each unit consisted of one U.S. $1,000 face value debenture and 100 common shares of the Company. The debentures bear interest at 7% payable annually, and mature and are due on October 25, 2003. The debentures are not redeemable prior to maturity date. The debentures are secured by a first charge over the Company’s interest in the Bralorne Mine and Loco property. Although the Company has assigned its interest in the Property to Bralorne and Bralorne has assumed the Company’s liability under the Bonds, the Company could be subject to liability under the debentures.

Risks

Mineral exploration and development involve a high degree of risk and few properties are ultimately developed into producing mines. There is no assurance that the Company’s future exploration and development activities will result in any discoveries of commercial bodies of ore. Whether an ore body will be commercially viable depends on a number of factors including the particular attributes of the deposit such as size, grade and proximity to infrastructure, as well as mineral prices and government regulations, including regulations relating to prices, taxes, royalties, land tenure, land use, importing and exporting of minerals and environmental protection. The exact effect of these factors cannot be accurately predicted, but the combination of these factors may result in a mineral deposit being unprofitable.

The market price of metals is highly speculative and volatile. Instability in metal prices may affect the interest in mining properties and the development of and production from such properties.

Competition

The mining industry in which the Company is engaged is in general, highly competitive. Competitors include well-capitalized mining companies, independent mining companies and other companies having financial and other resources far greater than those of the Company. The Company competes with other mining companies in connection with the acquisition of gold and other precious metal properties. In general, properties with a higher grade of recoverable mineral and/or which are more readily minable afford the owners a competitive advantage in that the cost of production of the final mineral product is lower. Thus, a degree of competition exists between those engaged in the mining industry to acquire the most valuable properties. As a result, the Company may eventually be unable to acquire attractive mining properties.

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