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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001166074-18-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180321
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180322
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180322

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BAKER PHILLIPS S JR
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001166074

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08491
		FILM NUMBER:		18707979

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 NORTH MINERAL DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D 'ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HECLA MINING CO/DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000719413
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MINING, QUARRYING OF NONMETALLIC MINERALS (NO FUELS) [1400]
		IRS NUMBER:				770664171
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DRIVE SUITE 200
		STREET 2:		NONE
		CITY:			COEUR D'ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815-9408
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2087694100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DRIVE SUITE 200
		STREET 2:		NONE
		CITY:			COEUR D'ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815-9408
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        <footnote id="F1">See footnotes 4 and 5.  Shares received upon settlement of performance rights awarded in July 2015.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">50% of the 2015-2017 Long-term Incentive Plan award was paid in equity.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Consists of 1,736,715 shares held directly, 1,651,900 shares held in the Key Employee Deferred Compensation Plan, and 229,243 unvested restricted stock units.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">On July 1, 2015, Mr. Baker was awarded performance rights.  The performance rights represented a contingent right to receive between $250,000 and $1 million worth of Hecla Mining Company common stock based on Hecla's total shareholder return performance over the 3-year period relative to our peers using the average stock price of Hecla and our peers over the last 60 calendar days of 2014 compared to the average stock price of Hecla and our peers over the last 60 calendar days of 2017.  The potential grant of shares to Mr. Baker under this plan were as follows:  (1) 100th percentile rank among peers = maximum payout at 200% of target (i.e. $1 million worth of common stock); (2) 60th percentile rank among peers = target payout at grant value (i.e. $500,000 worth of common stock); or (3) 50th percentile rank among peers = threshold payout at 50% target (i.e. $250,000 worth of common stock).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">In reporting the number of performance rights at the time of the award, Mr. Baker assumed a target payout (i.e. $500,000 worth of common stock), with the common stock valued at the closing price on the day of the award ($2.44), and therefore reported an award of 204,918 rights.  Based on Hecla Mining Company's total shareholder return ranking, Mr. Baker's award value was $518,750, and he therefore received 212,602 shares in settlement of award (with the shares valued at the $2.44 closing price on July 1, 2015).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Consists of outstanding performance rights.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Held as 1,664.924 units in Mr. Baker's 401(k) account under Hecla Mining Company's Capital Accumulation Plan, and estimated to be 20,115 shares.</footnote>
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