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5. Inventories

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

The major components of the Company's inventories at December 31, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:

		2017				2016
Antimony Metal		$	-			$	112,300
Antimony Oxide			408,217				326,126
Antimony Concentrates			35,554				30,815
Antimony Ore			187,133				181,815
Total antimony			630,904				651,056
Zeolite			283,805				204,581
		$	914,709			$	855,637

At December 31, 2017 and 2016, antimony metal consisted principally of recast metal from antimony-based compounds, and metal purchased from foreign suppliers. Antimony oxide inventory consisted of finished product oxide held at the Company's plant. Antimony concentrates and ore were held primarily at sites in Mexico and are essentially raw material, carried at cost. At December 31, 2017 and 2016, the antimony inventory in Mexico was valued at net realizable value. The Company's zeolite inventory consists of salable zeolite material held at BRZ's Idaho mining and production facility, and is carried at cost.

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The entire disclosure for inventory. Includes, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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