Hecla Mining Company

Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) today announced its Board of Directors has declared the regular quarterly dividend of $0.875 per share on the 157,816 shares of outstanding Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock. This represents a total amount to be paid of approximately $138,000. The cash dividend is payable July 3, 2017, to shareholders of record on June 15, 2017. ABOUT HECLA Founded in 1891, [...]

Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) (Hecla or the Company) today announced first quarter financial and operating results. FIRST QUARTER 2017 HIGHLIGHTS Net income applicable to common stockholders of $26.7 million, or $0.07 per basic share. Adjusted net income applicable to common stockholders of $16.7 million, or $0.04 per basic share.1 Sales of $142.5 million. Cash provided by operating activities of $38.3 million. Adjusted [...]

Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) is pleased to announce that Senior Vice President - Exploration, Dr. Dean McDonald, received the A.O. Dufresne Exploration Achievement Award from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), at the CIM Annual Awards Gala in Montreal, Quebec on Monday night. This award recognizes Dr. McDonald’s “exceptional contributions to mining exploration in Canada.&rdquo [...]

Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) today announced it expects to release its first quarter 2017 financial results before market open on Monday, May 8, 2017. A conference call and webcast will be held Monday, May 8, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss these results. You may join the conference call by dialing toll-free 1-855-760-8158 or for international by dialing 1-720-634-2922. The participant passcode is HECLA [...]

Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) today announced preliminary production, operating costs and cash balance for the first quarter of 2017.¹ FIRST QUARTER 2017 HIGHLIGHTS (Preliminary Results) Silver production of 3.4 million ounces; gold production of 56,113 ounces. Silver equivalent production of 10.6 million ounces or gold equivalent production of almost 151,000 ounces.2 Lead production of 8,636 tons; zinc production [...]

Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) reported the United Steelworkers Union Local 5114 went on strike today at the Company’s Lucky Friday Mine, located in Mullan, Idaho. “We are disappointed in USW Local 5114’s decision to walk out, because this decision benefits no one – not the workers, their families, the local communities or the Company,” said Phillips S. Baker, Jr., Hecla’s President and [...]

Hecla Mining Company’s (NYSE:HL) President and CEO, Phillips S. Baker, Jr., will attend the Deutsche Bank Basic Materials 1x1 Day in Boston on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, to participate in one-on-one meetings. A PDF of the presentation will be available on the Company’s website at www.hecla-mining.com. Mr. Baker will attend the CIBC Gold Forum in London on Monday, April 3, 2017, to participate in one-on-one [...]

Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) today announced fourth quarter and year end 2016 financial and operating results. FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2016 HIGHLIGHTS Q4 2016 Q4/16 vs. Q4/15 2016 2016 vs. 2015 Net income appl...

Hecla Mining Company’s (NYSE:HL) is pleased to announce that President and CEO, Phillips S. Baker, Jr., was presented with the William Lawrence Saunders Gold Medal Award from the Society of Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) at the SME 2017 Annual Conference & Expo in Denver, Colorado, this week. This award recognizes Mr. Baker’s “exceptional leadership by positioning Hecla Mining Company with the [...]

Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) today reported results from another successful year of exploration. HIGHLIGHTS (Comparisons to 12/31/15) Proven and probable silver reserve of 172.3 million ounces, a 2% decrease; calculated using $14.50/oz, the same as 2015 and among the lowest in the industry. Measured and Indicated silver resources increased 6% to 171.5 million ounces and Inferred silver resources increased 28% to 464 [...]