CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Hecla Mining Company
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting part of this
Registration Statement of our report dated February 1, 2002, relating to the
consolidated financial statements of Hecla Mining Company, which is contained in
that Prospectus. We did not audit the financial statements of Greens Creek Joint
Venture, a 29.73 percent owned subsidiary, which statements reflect total assets
and revenues constituting 33.7 percent and 26.3 percent, respectively, of the
related consolidated totals. Those statements were audited by other auditors
whose report has been furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar as it relates to
the amounts included for Greens Creek Joint Venture, is based solely on the
report of the other auditors. Our report contains an explanatory paragraph
regarding the Company's change in method of accounting for derivative
instruments and hedging activities in 2001.

We also consent to the reference to us under the caption "Experts" in the
Prospectus.





January 10, 2003
Spokane, Washington