<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001693472-24-000001.txt : 20240621
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001693472-24-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240606
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240621
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240621

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Boggs Catherine J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001693472
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08491
		FILM NUMBER:		241060663

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR., 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]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		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">Ms. Boggs entered into an Interim CEO Agreement (&quot;ICEO Agreement&quot;) with Hecla Mining Company (&quot;Company&quot;) and accepted the position of Interim President and CEO (&quot;ICEO&quot;) of the Company.  She will receive a monthly management fee in the amount of $106,000, comprised of $63,600 in cash, prorated for each partial month of service, and $42,400 of value in the form of common stock of the Company, from the Hecla Mining Company 2010 Stock Incentive Plan (&quot;2010 Stock Plan&quot;), prorated for each partial month of service.  The stock component will be determined by dividing the applicable stock fee by the closing price of a share of the Company common stock on the NYSE on the last trading day of the applicable month, or on the last trading day prior to the termination of the ICEO Agreement.  The shares granted to Ms. Boggs under the ICEO Agreement will be delivered to Ms. Boggs in aggregate within ten business days after the termination of the ICEO Agreement, but in all events before March 15, 2025.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The shares granted for the month of May 2024 are prorated from May 22, 2024 to May 31, 2024 (2,089 shares).  The closing stock price on the NYSE on May 31, 2024 was $5.89.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Consists of 140,274 shares held directly and 123,284 shares deferred into a trust under the Hecla Mining Company Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">As a member of the Board of Directors, and Chair of the Board, Ms. Boggs received $125,000 in equity (&quot;Director Stock Saward&quot;) under the 2010 Stock Plan.  Ms. Boggs elected to receive 75% of her Director Stock Award under the 2010 Stock Plan (18,211 shares)and 25% (6,070 shares)are deferred.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The price is the average closing price for Hecla's common stock on the NYSE for the prior calendar year (2023).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Consists of 158,485 shares held directly and 129,354 shares deferred into trust under (i) the Hecla Mining Company Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors (123,284 shares); and (ii) the 2010 Stock Plan (6,070 shares).</footnote>
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        <signatureName>Tami D. Whitman, Attorney-in-Fact for Catherine J. Boggs</signatureName>
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