Hecla Mining Q3 Gold Production Up 20%

(RTTNews) - Hecla Mining Co. (HL) reported that its Gold production for the third quarter of 2016 was 52,126 ounces, a 20% increase from the prior year. It reported quarterly silver production of 4.32 million ounces, a 67% increase from the previous year.

Phillips S. Baker, Jr., Hecla's President and CEO said,"The strong performance from all our mines enables us to increase our silver production estimate to 16.25 million ounces for 2016, the highest silver production in our 125-year history."

Hecla expects to report third quarter 2016 financial results on November 8, 2016.