The second coming of Idaho’s Silver Valley
VANCOUVER–North Idaho’s Silver Valley is famous for having produced about 1.2 billion oz. of silver plus by-product metals from mines that in some cases operated for more than a century.
Independence Lead Mines Company
Hecla buys Rio’s stake in Greens Creek
Hecla Mining (HL-N) has struck a US$750-million deal to buy out its majority partner Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) at their co-owned Greens Creek underground silver mine near Juneau, in Alaska’s panhandle.
Hecla buys Rio Tinto’s Greens Creek stake
Hecla Mining (HL-N) has struck a US$750-million deal to buy out its majority partner Rio Tinto (RTP-N) at their co-…