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Silver Just Hit $100. Time to Sell Hecla Mining?

Hecla Mining shares rose 66% YTD as silver surged past $100 driven by industrial demand from solar, EVs, and AI, with COMEX inventories down over 70%, analysts said.

  • Market data shows silver breached $100 per ounce, climbing nearly 4% in morning trading to hit $100.10, with COMEX prices reaching this milestone.
  • Industrial demand now consumes nearly three-quarters of global output, with solar's share jumping to 25% and EV growth pressuring supply amid geopolitical tensions and Federal Reserve rate cut expectations.
  • Hecla Mining's production data show 4.6 million ounces of silver at $11.01 AISC and negative $2.03 cash costs, with Greens Creek, Lucky Friday, and Keno Hill mines all generating positive free cash flow.
  • The author recommends holding Hecla Mining shares, citing robust results and resilience, although short-term corrections remain possible amid strong industrial demand and safe-haven appeal.
  • Technically, silver looks overbought, as some analysts warn, while Bank of America projects $170 and Citigroup targets $110 amid COMEX inventories down over 70%; gold trades at $4,959 and may soon break $5,000.
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Silver has ceased to be the “forgotten metal” of the market to become the absolute protagonist of the session. In a matter of hours, the price has rebounded by 4.6 per cent and has again reached a historic peak of around $107 per ounce, just days after having broken for the first time the psychological barrier of the $100. The movement takes place in a paradoxical context: a certain relief in tensions between the United States and Europe around …

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Business Times broke the news in on Sunday, January 25, 2026.
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