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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-21-114736
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210413
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210413

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:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08491
		FILM NUMBER:		21823400

	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="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="5"><B>SCHEDULE 14A
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
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INFORMATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3"><B>(Amendment No. 1) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Filed by the Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT
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<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="6"><B>Hecla Mining Company </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>(Name
of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>HECLA MINING COMPANY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">SUPPLEMENT TO DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT DATED APRIL&nbsp;5, 2021 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">FOR THE 2021 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY&nbsp;19, 2021 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This
supplement (the &#147;Supplement&#148;) amends and supplements the Notice of 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement of Hecla Mining Company (the &#147;Company&#148;), dated April&nbsp;5, 2021 (the &#147;Proxy Statement&#148;),
provided to shareholders in connection with the Company&#146;s 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May&nbsp;19, 2021. This Supplement is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is being made available to
shareholders on or about April&nbsp;13, 2021. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Supplement updates the disclosure in the Proxy Statement (pages&nbsp;15 and&nbsp;99) relating to the
effect of abstentions on &#147;Proposal&nbsp;4&nbsp;&#150; Approval of Amendment and Restatement of the Hecla Mining Company Key Employee Deferred Compensation Plan&#148; (&#147;Proposal&nbsp;4&#148;). Shareholder approval is required for
Proposal&nbsp;4 under the listing rules of the New&nbsp;York Stock Exchange (&#147;NYSE&#148;), and NYSE guidance provides that Proposal&nbsp;4 must receive more affirmative votes cast for the proposal than the aggregate number of votes cast against
the proposal plus abstentions. Therefore, pursuant to such NYSE guidance, an abstention will have the same effect as a vote &#147;AGAINST&#148; Proposal&nbsp;4. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as specifically supplemented by the information in this Supplement, all information set forth in the Proxy Statement remains unchanged. From and after
the date of this Supplement, all references to the &#147;Proxy Statement&#148; are to the Proxy Statement as supplemented hereby. The Proxy Statement contains important information, and this Supplement should be read in conjunction with the Proxy
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