HECLA &lt;HL> BUYS STAKE IN GREENS CREEK VENTURE

  Hecla Mining Co said it agreed to buy a
  28 pct stake in the Greens Creek joint venture from Amselco
  Minerals Inc, a unit of British Petroleum PLC's &lt;BP> BP North
  America Inc unit.
      The Greens Creek venture is engaged in final project
  engineering of a gold-silver-lead-zinc ore body on Admiralty
  Island, about 15 miles southwest of Juneau, Alaska.
      Hecla said it estimates its total investment in the
  project, including its share of production costs, will be about
  45 mln dlrs.
  

