Silver Wheaton and Hecla Mining Look to Catch Up to Strong Precious Metal Prices

The Bedford Report released research on the outlook for silver, Silver Wheaton Corporation (NYSE:SLW,TSX:SLW) and Hecla Mining Co. (NYSE:HL).

As quoted in the press release:

Hecla Mining says that realized metals prices continued to increase significantly in 2011 compared to 2010. Realized silver prices in the third quarter of 2011 exceeded those of the same period last year by 73%, while for the first nine months of the year, realized prices were 89% higher than in the same period in 2010.

Click here to read the Bedford Report press release.