An innovative portable WAteR puRifiCAtion system employs silver nanoparticles to kill 99 percent of microbes – without using electricity. A fully equipped automobile contains more than 40 silveR-tipped sWitChes  that do everything from starting the engine to adjusting the seats. 

An array of silveR-CoAted heliostAts can concentrate enough solar energy to produce on-demand, reliable electricity even after the sun goes down. it’s no wonder that worldwide silver demand has risen nearly 20 percent over the last 10 years alone. And hecla is helping to meet the growing global need for what has proven to be An indispensAble eleMent. 

Established in 1891 in northern Idaho’s Silver Valley, Hecla Mining Company is the largest primary silver producer in the United States. Hecla is also a leading low-cost silver producer, with two operating mines and a number of pre-development/exploration properties in four world-class silver mining districts in the U.S. and Mexico. Hecla is headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and has a sister office in Vancouver, B.C. The company’s common stock has been traded on the New York Stock Exchange since 1964. 

