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

HECLA MINING COMPANY (NYSE:HL) Files An 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

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On April 11, 2018, Hecla Mining Company (the “Company”) issued a news release (“Release”) announcing preliminary production and financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018.All measures of the Company's first quarter 2018 operating and financial results and conditions contained in the Release are preliminary and reflect the Company’s expected results as of the date of the Release. Actual reported first quarter 2018 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 Release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure

The Release described above also discusses estimated pro forma gold production results for 2018 in the event the Company completes its pending acquisition of Klondex Mines, Ltd. (“Klondex”). In addition, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company will be meeting with certain investors in the afternoon (local time) on Thursday, April 12, 2018 in New York City. At these meetings, a presentation will be given, including with respect to the Company’s pending acquisition of Klondex. The presentation will include the same slides filed by the Company in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 19, 2018, as well as several additional slides. These additional slides are attached as Exhibit 99.2.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in Items 2.02 and 7.01, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, 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 Company’s 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 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


HECLA MINING CO/DE/ Exhibit
EX-99.1 2 ex_110084.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 ex_110084.htm NEWS RELEASE Exhibit 99.1   HECLA REPORTS 2.5 MILLION OUNCES OF SILVER AND 57,…
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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.

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