hecla mining feeling it. giving back all of the gains from yesterday falling by 20%. of hecla joins us now for a cnbc exclusive it must be crazy to watch all of this what has been your reaction as silver has gotten caught up in the reddit traders versus hedge funds drama on the way up and now on the way down. we are a 130-year-old company. so we are kind of used to the roller coaster ride that we see in silver that occurs periodically so this isn't unusual. and we are built to survive these moves. and we are happy that the share price is actually up 8% for the week so -- >> net/net, you are a happy guy. what is different, though, than 100 and whatever years ago from our founding is the appeal of etfs and the fact they have become so useful we saw slv, the silver etf from black rock attract $900 million one day last week. which is the most ever the commodity etfs are a little bit different because they have to be backed by face call silver how does that change the whole game and evasion for you in terms of demand for silver >> it opened up people investing in silver in

pan am silver, wheaton precious metal, hecla mining all up in the pre-market trade that's not even leavingvery much >> folks, that does it for us today. sorry. that does it for us today. we will see you back here tomorrow joe, i'll see you back here tomorrow, too. right now, time for "squawk on the street". >>> good monday morning, welcome to "squawk on the street." i i'm carl quintanilla, with jim cramer and dave faber, snowy east coast in times square a big week for eco data and the second busiest week of q4 earnings. the road map begins with the reddit fueled frenzy continued for gamestop, amc and now silver the latest target in the short squeeze. plus, goldman calls it the biggest