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 February 23, 2017, Hecla Mining Company (the Company) issued a
news release announcing the Companys fourth quarter 2016 and
twelve months ended December 31, 2016 financial results. The news
release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the
information in this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, 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 documents 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 8.01 Other Events
Dividends
As disclosed in Exhibit 99.1, the Company also announced it would
pay a dividend on its shares of common stock in the amount of
$0.0025, to shareholders of record as of March 6, 2017, payable
on or about March 13, 2017. In addition to the common stock
dividend, the Company also announced it declared a dividend of
$0.875 on its Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock to
shareholders of record as of March 15, 2017, payable on or about
April 3, 2017.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit Number |
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Description |
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99.1 |
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News Release, dated February 23, 2017. |
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 up +0.02 at 5.60 with 7,736,834 shares trading hands.
