Hecla to buy Aurizon Mines for C$796 mln
March 04, 2013 at 06:28 AM EST
March 4 (Reuters) - Hecla Mining Co, the No.2 U.S. silver miner by output, said it will buy Canadian gold miner Aurizon Mines Ltd for about C$796 million ($774.36 million), nearly a month after the Canadian company rejected an unsolicited offer from Alamos Gold Inc.