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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-19-011078
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190523
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190530
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190530

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08491
		FILM NUMBER:		19867458

	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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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>UNITED STATES</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>S</b><b>ECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>FORM 8-K</b><b>/A</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;font-variant:small-caps;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Current Report</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): <b>May 23, 2019</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>HECLA MINING COMPANY</b><br>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>6500 North Mineral Drive, Suite 200</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Coeur d&#39;Alene, Idaho 83815-9408</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>(208) 769-4100</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</p>

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<b>&#9744;</b>&nbsp; Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Emerging growth company &#9744;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. &#9744;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Explanatory Note</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Form 8-K/A is being filed as an amendment to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Hecla Mining Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 28, 2019 (the &ldquo;Original Filing&rdquo;), in order to disclose under Item 5.02 the Hecla Mining Company 2010 Stock Incentive Plan that was disclosed in the Original Filing under Items 5.07 and 9.01.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>Item 5.0</b><b>2 &ndash; Departure of Directors or Certain Officers&rsquo; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers&rsquo; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</b></p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">(e) On May 23, 2019, Hecla Mining Company (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the &ldquo;Annual Meeting&rdquo;). At the Annual Meeting, the Company&rsquo;s shareholders approved the Hecla Mining Company 2010 Stock incentive Plan (as amended, the &ldquo;Amended Plan&rdquo;) to, among other things, increase the number of shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock available for awards under the Plan to 20,000,000 shares. The Plan&rsquo;s terms are substantially unchanged other than the increase in the shares available for awards and the expiration date of the Plan was extended from August 25, 2020 to May 23, 2030.</p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">A description of the material terms and conditions of the Amended Plan appears on pages 81-86 of the Company&rsquo;s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2019 (the &ldquo;2019 Proxy Statement&rdquo;). That description, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated into this Item 5.02(e) by reference, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, which is included in the Original Filing and as Appendix A to the 2019 Proxy Statement.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>ITEM&nbsp;9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">(d) Exhibits.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">The following exhibits are filed herewith.</p>

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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000120677419001269/hl3483791-def14a.htm#proposal_four" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Description of the Hecla Mining Company 2010 Stock Incentive Plan filed as pages 81-86 to Registrant&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;9, 2019 (File No. 1-8491) and incorporated herein by reference.</a></p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Dated:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; May 30, 2019</p>

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