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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001477932-24-003933
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240628

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AVINO SILVER & GOLD MINES LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000316888
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		570 GRANVILLE STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 900
		CITY:			VANCOUVER BC CANADA
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V6C 3P1
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6046823701

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		570 GRANVILLE STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 900
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V6C 3P1

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INTERNATIONAL AVINO MINES LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950607

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AVINO MINES & RESOURCES LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950607
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<html><head><title>avino_corresp.htm</title><!--Document created using EDGARMaster--></head><body style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT: 10pt times new roman; MARGIN: 0px 7%"><p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="margin:0px"> <table style="border-spacing:0;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><img src="avino_correspimg1.jpg"></p></td> <td style="width:30%;vertical-align:bottom;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:left;margin:0px"><strong>ASM</strong>: TSX/NYSE American</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:left;margin:0px"><strong>Avino Silver &amp; Gold Mines Ltd.</strong></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:left;margin:0px">Suite 900-570 Granville Street</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:left;margin:0px">Vancouver, BC V6C 3P1</p></td> <td style="width:15%;vertical-align:bottom;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:left;margin:0px"><strong>T (604) 682 3701</strong></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:left;margin:0px">F (604) 682 3600</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:left;margin:0px"><u>www.avino.com</u></p></td></tr></table></p> <p style="margin:0px"></p> <p style="margin: 0px"></p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>VIA EDGAR</strong></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">June 27, 2024</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">U.S. Securities &amp; Exchange Commission</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Division of Corporation Finance</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Office of Energy &amp; Transportation</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">100 F Street, NE</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Washington, D.C. 20549</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Attn: Ranjit Singh Pawar</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="margin:0px"> <table style="border-spacing:0;text-align:left;font:10pt times new roman;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="width:4%;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>Re: </strong></p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>Avino Silver &amp; Gold Mines Ltd</strong></p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>Form 40-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023</strong></p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>Filed March 29, 2024</strong></p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>File No. 001-35254</strong></p></td></tr></table></p> <p style="margin:0px"></p> <p style="margin: 0px"></p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Dear Mr. Pawar:</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 45px; text-align:justify;">Avino Silver &amp; Gold Mines Ltd. (the &#8220;Company,&#8221; &#8220;we,&#8221; &#8220;our&#8221; or &#8220;us&#8221;) hereby transmits our response to the comment letter received from the staff (the &#8220;Staff,&#8221; &#8220;you&#8221; or &#8220;your&#8221;) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;), dated June 13, 2024, regarding the Company&#8217;s Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on March 29, 2024. In response to the Staff&#8217;s comments, the Company is submitting this response letter. For your convenience, we have repeated below your comment in bold, and have followed the comment with our response.</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong><u>Exhibit 99.2</u></strong></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong><u>Note 3. Material Accounting Policies</u></strong></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong><u>(i) Exploration and evaluation expenditures, page 15</u></strong></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="margin:0px"> <table style="border-spacing:0;text-align:left;font:10pt times new roman;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>1. </strong></p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><strong>Your accounting policy states that proceeds from the sale of mineral products or farm outs during the exploration and evaluation stage are deducted from the related capitalized costs. Please explain how this policy complies with the guidance in Property, Plant and Equipment - Proceeds before Intended Use, Amendments to IAS 16, which became effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2022. Please also tell us the amount of revenues that were deducted from capitalized costs for both fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.</strong></p></td></tr></table></p> <p style="margin:0px"></p> <p style="margin: 0px"></p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 45px; text-align:justify;">In response to the Staff&#8217;s comment, the Company notes that this paragraph in our &#8220;Exploration and evaluation assets and development costs&#8221; section within our Material Accounting Policies should have been updated to remove the reference to &#8220;proceeds from the sale of mineral products or farm outs during the exploration and evaluation stage are deducted from the related capitalized costs&#8221; as the amendments under IAS 16 were adopted by the Company effective January 1, 2022, and the policy as presented includes a typographical error.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 45px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 45px; text-align:justify;">The amount of revenues that were deducted from capitalized costs for both fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, were Nil and Nil, as this is not permitted under the Amendments to IAS 16. There were no sales of mineral products or farms outs in the exploration and evaluation stage during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022. The Company will update its accounting policy in its financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2024, to be included in the Form 40-F.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 45px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="margin:0px"> <table style="border-spacing:0;font:10pt times new roman;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td class="hpbhr">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; TEXT-INDENT: 0px;"></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td><p style='page-break-after: always'></p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table></p> <p style="margin:0px"></p> <p style="margin: 0px"></p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px;text-indent:45px">If you have further comments, please feel free to contact to the undersigned at <u>nharte@avino.com</u> or by telephone at (604) 682-3701.</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px;text-indent:45px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="margin:0px"> <table style="border-spacing:0;font-size:10pt;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="width:53%;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="width:35%;vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Sincerely,</p></td> <td style="width:12%;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid;vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><em>/s/ Nathan Harte</em></p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Nathan Harte</p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Chief Financial Officer</p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td></tr></table></p> <p style="margin:0px"></p> <p style="margin: 0px"></p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp; </p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="margin:0px"> <table style="border-spacing:0;text-align:left;font:10pt times new roman;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">cc:</p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Daniel Eng</p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Lewis Brisbois</p></td></tr></table></p> <p style="margin:0px"></p> <p style="margin: 0px"></p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp; </p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="margin:0px"> <table style="border-spacing:0;font:10pt times new roman;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td class="hpbhr">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; TEXT-INDENT: 0px;text-align:center;">2</td></tr></table></p> <p style="margin:0px"></p> <p style="margin: 0px"></p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p><body>
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