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

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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 May 8, 2017, Hecla Mining Company (the Company) issued a news
release announcing the Companys first quarter 2017 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, 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 8.01 Other Events

On May 8, 2017, the Company announced it would pay a dividend on
its shares of common stock in the amount of $0.0025, to
shareholders of record as of May 24, 2017, payable on or about
June 2, 2017. A copy of the news release announcing the quarterly
dividend is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number

Description

99.1

News Release, dated May 8, 2017. *

* Furnished herewith


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 +0.16 at 5.30 with 7,311,073 shares trading hands.