Short interest in Hecla Mining Co (NYSE:HL) decreased during the last reporting period, falling from 37.50M to 36.41M. This put 6.22% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Based on the recent average volume of 31.19M shares traded per day, it would take 1.17 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.