8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 22, 2024

HECLA MINING COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-8491

77-0664171

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

6500 North Mineral Drive, Suite 200

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83815-9408

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(208) 769-4100

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

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:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share	HL	New York Stock Exchange
Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.25 per share	HL-PB	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

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. ☐

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On February 26, 2024, the Company announced the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Hecla Mining Company (the “Company”) had increased the size of the Board, and appointed Mark P. Board as a Class II director (standing for election in 2024), to fill the resulting vacancy, effective February 22, 2024. Mr. Board was also appointed to serve on the Health, Safety, Environmental and Technical Committee. He will be eligible to receive standard director and committee fees, and to receive grants under the Company’s Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors, all as described under the caption “Compensation of Non-Management Directors” in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2023. The news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Board and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed to the Board, and there are no relationships between Mr. Board and the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		News Release, dated February 26, 2024.*

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

*	Furnished herewith

SIGNATURE

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.


HECLA MINING COMPANY

By:		/s/ David C. Sienko
		David C. Sienko
		Vice President and General Counsel

Dated: February 26, 2024