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Hecla Highlights Strong 2025 Reserves, Boosts 2026 Exploration

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  • Hecla reported robust 2025 reserves and resources, maintaining industry-leading silver reserve life.
  • The company will nearly double 2026 exploration spending to more than replace depleted reserves.
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Hecla Highlights Strong 2025 Reserves, Boosts 2026 Exploration

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Hecla Mining Company ( (HL) ) has provided an update.

On February 13, 2026, Hecla Mining Company reported its year-end 2025 mineral reserves and resources and detailed exploration results, highlighting its continued strength in silver with 231 million ounces of reserves after producing 17 million ounces during 2025, and substantial gold reserves and resources. The company outlined strong 2025 performance at key assets including Greens Creek and Lucky Friday, raised cutoff grades to reflect cost inflation, and announced plans to nearly double its 2026 exploration and pre-development budget to $55 million, aiming to more than replace annual reserve depletion, while resources figures still include the Casa Berardi mine that is subject to a pending sale agreement announced on January 26, 2026.

The most recent analyst rating on (HL) stock is a Buy with a $24.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Hecla Mining Company stock, see the HL Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on HL Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, HL is a Outperform.

Score is driven primarily by strong technical momentum and solid financial performance (growth, profitability, and low leverage). The earnings call reinforced improving balance sheet strength and cash generation, while valuation (very high P/E) is the main constraint despite a strong dividend yield.

To see Spark’s full report on HL stock, click here.

More about Hecla Mining Company

Hecla Mining Company, founded in 1891 and listed on the NYSE under the ticker HL, is the largest silver producer in the United States and Canada. The company operates mines in Alaska, Idaho and Quebec, is developing a mine in Canada’s Yukon, and holds exploration and pre-development projects across major silver and gold districts in North America.

Average Trading Volume: 24,952,761

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: $15.87B

For detailed information about HL stock, go to TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.

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