Hecla Mining has had a good Sept 2019 YTD 9-months with all commodities up -- silver 21% better on YTD18 to 9.23Moz, gold up 4% to 198,121oz, lead 14% better to 17,526t and zinc up 1% to 42,847t.
The improvement was led by the company’s Nevada, US, operations where gold output leapt 230% to 45,440oz and silver 91% to 160,265oz, while Lucky Friday, Idaho, US, silver prodn jumped 167% to 416,455oz, despite being operated by just salaried staff during Q3 19. At Greens Creek, Alaska, US, silver rose 24% to 7.15Moz and gold was 8% better to 41,269oz.
On the negative side, gold from Casa Berardi, Quebec, Canada, fell 22% to 99,616oz; and San Sebastian, Mexico, silver eased 7% to 1.48Moz, with gold 2% lower to 11,796oz.