COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) today provided an update on its exploration programs during the fourth quarter.
Exploration Highlights
- San Sebastian continues to expand high-grade, polymetallic zones similar to the Hugh Zone on the Middle and Francine veins.
- Casa Berardi has expanded and refined resources that could increase the size of the proposed Principal and current East Mine Crown Pillar (EMCP) open pits and discovered mineralization that could lead to new pits in the west part of the mine at the West Mine Pillar and NW-SW zones.
- Drilling of the 118 and 123 zones at Casa Berardi has discovered high-grade mineralization at depth and to the west.
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