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Business Segments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Notes to Financial Statements |
Business Segments | 13. Business Segments The Company has two operating segments, antimony and zeolite. Management reviews and evaluates the operating segments exclusive of interest and factoring expenses. Therefore, interest and factoring expense is not allocated to the segments. The Madero smelter at the Company’s Mexico operation brings antimony up to an intermediate stage, which must then be shipped to the United States operation for finishing. Selected information with respect to segments for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 is as follows:
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
Antimony Division - United States: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues - Antimony |  | $ | 10,406,636 |  |  | $ | 6,174,062 |  |  | $ | 2,526,663 |
Revenues - Precious metals |  |  | 667,813 |  |  |  | 483,307 |  |  |  | 40,444 |
|  |  | 11,074,449 |  |  |  | 6,657,369 |  |  |  | 2,567,107 |
Domestic cost of sales: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Production costs |  |  | 7,294,421 |  |  |  | 4,786,197 |  |  |  | 1,617,041 |
Depreciation |  |  | 29,963 |  |  |  | 27,387 |  |  |  | 71,929 |
Freight and delivery |  |  | 216,668 |  |  |  | 236,623 |  |  |  | 121,144 |
General and administrative |  |  | 280,853 |  |  |  | 80,267 |  |  |  | 78,587 |
Direct sales expense |  |  | 64,421 |  |  |  | 45,447 |  |  |  | 46,875 |
Total domestic antimony cost of sales |  |  | 7,886,326 |  |  |  | 5,175,921 |  |  |  | 1,935,576 |
Cost of sales - Mexico |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Production costs |  |  | 1,182,730 |  |  |  | 294,391 |  |  |  | 125,949 |
Depreciation |  |  | 169,552 |  |  |  | 141,421 |  |  |  | — |
Freight and delivery |  |  | 121,432 |  |  |  | 5,578 |  |  |  | — |
Other mine and mill costs |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
General and administrative |  |  | 158,396 |  |  |  | 136,498 |  |  |  | 153,418 |
Total Mexico antimony cost of sales |  |  | 1,632,110 |  |  |  | 577,888 |  |  |  | 279,367 |
Total revenues - antimony |  |  | 11,074,449 |  |  |  | 6,657,369 |  |  |  | 2,567,107 |
Total cost of sales - antimony |  |  | 9,518,436 |  |  |  | 5,753,809 |  |  |  | 2,214,943 |
Total gross profit - antimony |  |  | 1,556,013 |  |  |  | 903,560 |  |  |  | 352,164 |
Zeolite Division: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  | 2,043,641 |  |  |  | 2,415,955 |  |  |  | 1,536,233 |
Cost of sales: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Production costs |  |  | 1,221,101 |  |  |  | 1,254,375 |  |  |  | 830,065 |
Depreciation |  |  | 206,231 |  |  |  | 187,068 |  |  |  | 190,523 |
Freight and delivery |  |  | 103,630 |  |  |  | 16,637 |  |  |  | 68,117 |
General and administrative |  |  | 117,420 |  |  |  | 188,251 |  |  |  | 158,144 |
Royalties |  |  | 197,371 |  |  |  | 229,352 |  |  |  | 202,736 |
Direct sales expense |  |  | 79,703 |  |  |  | 70,100 |  |  |  | 69,766 |
Total cost of sales |  |  | 1,925,456 |  |  |  | 1,945,783 |  |  |  | 1,519,351 |
Gross profit - zeolite |  |  | 118,185 |  |  |  | 470,172 |  |  |  | 16,882 |
Total revenues - combined |  |  | 13,118,090 |  |  |  | 9,073,324 |  |  |  | 4,103,340 |
Total cost of sales - combined |  |  | 11,443,892 |  |  |  | 7,699,592 |  |  |  | 3,734,294 |
Total gross profit - combined |  | $ | 1,674,198 |  |  | $ | 1,373,732 |  |  | $ | 369,046 |
| 2011 |  | 2010
Capital expenditures: |  |  |
Antimony |  |  |
United States | $ 160,536 |  | $ 31,300
Mexico (1) | 1,988,345 |  | 927,131
Subtotal Antimony | 2,148,881 |  | 958,431
Zeolite | 324,869 |  | 36,300
| $2,473,750 |  | $ 994,731
Total Assets: |  |  |
Antimony |  |  |
United States | $1,187,322 |  | $1,379,369
Mexico | 4,992,250 |  | 2,719,630
Subtotal Antimony | 6,179,572 |  | 3,599,076
Zeolite | 2,813,956 |  | 1,763,903
| $8,993,528 |  | $5,862,902
Segment disclosures regarding sales to major customers and for inventories and property, plant and equipment are located in Notes 2, 5 and 6, respectively.

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