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Gold/Mining/Energy : Hecla Mining(HL) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: loantech who wrote (583)	9/22/2010 9:12:05 AM
From: posthumousone	Respond to of 629

sorry, no, it was in my brokerage acct news. to me they are doing what is expected and have a budget for exploring and expanding their existing properties. hl pres, in what also sounded like a sideline conversation at gold conf, said he exects silver to be 25-30 by end of 2011. that link is on yahoo

To: loantech who wrote (583)	9/22/2010 9:41:24 AM
From: Bob Fairchild	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 629

Silver price to rise "substantially" -Hecla CEO reuters.com Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:11pm EDT * Sees silver at $25-$30/oz in next year * Expects demand growth at more than 6 pct/yr DENVER, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The price of silver is expected to rise "substantially" in tandem with the gold price, the head of Hecla Mining Co (HL.N) said on Tuesday. President and Chief Executive Phillips Baker also told Reuters that demand for silver is starting to rise after the recession, and he expects it to grow by more than 6 percent a year as the global economy expands. "I have the view it is going to go up substantially and I certainly would not be surprised to see $25 to $30 (within a year)," Baker said in an interview on the sidelines of the Denver Gold Forum industry gathering. "Silver continues to trade with gold," he said. "There's this idea of 'poor man's gold.' There's quite a bit of movement in the silver price that will happen as a result of that." Baker said silver XAG= -- currently selling at just over $20 an ounce compared with gold around $1,275 - has been underperforming gold in the longer term, but is catching up. "There's a strong case for further weakening of the U.S. dollar, and with that will come a strengthening of the gold price and silver will follow," Baker said. "If the view is that gold will trade up, I think you can expect silver to trade up even more." (Reporting by Steve James)