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4. Revenue Recognition (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Revenues	$ 1,787,934	$ 2,091,725	$ 6,516,582	$ 6,781,001
Antimony
Revenues	1,080,871	1,366,540	4,294,281	4,540,873
Zeolite
Revenues	651,563	653,365	2,081,751	2,026,605
Precious Metals
Revenues	55,500	71,820	140,550	213,523
United States
Revenues	1,570,364	1,876,218	5,498,640	6,151,068
Canada
Revenues	217,570	215,507	544,350	629,933
Mexico
Revenues	$ 0	$ 0	$ 473,592	$ 0

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- Definition

Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 22
-Subparagraph (a)
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=116634182&loc=SL114868664-224227

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