Hecla Mining Dropping Nearly 6% (HL)

Hecla Mining Company HL shares are dropping sharply, and are now negative on the session, down nearly 6%. At last check, shares of Hecla were off 62 cents to $10.17, a loss of 5.75%. Volume is heavy this afternoon, having traded more than 10 million shares. The average daily volume is just over 12 million shares.