Hecla Mining announced preliminary silver and gold production results for the Q4 and FY18. FY18 highlights include: silver production of 10.4M ounces, down 17% vs last year, and a company-record gold production of 262,103 ounces up 13%; silver equivalent production of 43.6M ounces and gold equivalent production of 540,174 ounces; lead production of 20,091 tons; zinc production of 56,023 tons. Reports cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of approximately $27M at December 31, 2018, and the revolving line of credit was undrawn. "The economic engine and two largest mines of the Company, Greens Creek and Casa Berardi, continue to perform strongly and generate significant cash flow," said the company.
