HECLA MINING COMPANY (NYSE:HL) Files An 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On January 10, 2017, Hecla Mining Company (the Company) issued a
news release announcing preliminary production and financial
results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31,
2016.All measures of the Company’s fourth quarter and full year
2016 operating and financial results and conditions contained in
the news release are preliminary and reflect the Companys
expected results as of the date of the news release. Actual
reported fourth quarter and full year 2016 results are subject to
management’s final review as well as review by the Company’s
independent registered accounting firm and may vary significantly
from current expectations because of a number of factors,
including, without limitation, additional or revised information
and changes in accounting standards or policies or in how those
standards are applied. A copy of the news release is attached as
Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by
reference.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the
information in this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, is being
furnished and shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liability of that
section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any of
the Companys filings or other document filed under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be
expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits

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About HECLA MINING COMPANY (NYSE:HL)

Hecla Mining Company is engaged in discovering, acquiring, developing and producing silver, gold, lead and zinc. The Company and its subsidiaries provide precious and base metals to the United States and around the world. The Company produces lead, zinc and bulk concentrates, which it markets to custom smelters and brokers, and unrefined bullion bars (dore) containing gold and silver at Greens Creek and Casa Berardi. The Company’s segments include the Greens Creek, Lucky Friday, Casa Berardi units and San Sebastian. It is focused on its San Sebastian project; North Idaho’s Silver Valley; Greens Creek unit on Alaska’s Admiralty Island; the silver-producing district near Durango; the Abitibi region of north-western Quebec, and the Creede district of Southwestern Colorado. The concentrates produced at its Greens Creek and Lucky Friday units contain payable silver, zinc and lead, and the concentrates produced at Greens Creek contain payable gold.

HECLA MINING COMPANY (NYSE:HL) Recent Trading Information

HECLA MINING COMPANY (NYSE:HL) closed its last trading session down -0.01 at 5.66 with 6,586,439 shares trading hands.