Hecla Reports Q1 Silver & Gold Production - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Hecla Mining Company (HL) reported silver production of 3.4 million ounces; and gold production of 56,113 ounces for the first quarter of 2017. Silver equivalent production was 10.6 million ounces and gold equivalent production was almost 151,000 ounces.

"The first quarter production at Greens Creek and San Sebastian exceeded our expectations, more than offsetting the shortfall at Lucky Friday due to a strike by the union workers," said Phillips Baker, Jr., CEO.

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were approximately $213 million at March 31, 2017.