UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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CURRENT REPORT
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On May 8, 2024, Hecla Mining Company (the “Company”) issued a news release announcing the Company’s first quarter 2024 operating and financial results. The news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings or other documents filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 8.01 Other Events
Dividend
On May 8, 2024, the Company announced it would pay a dividend on its shares of common stock in the amount of $0.00625, to shareholders of record as of May 24, 2024, payable on or about June 11, 2024. In addition to the common stock dividend, the Company also announced it declared a dividend of $0.875 on its Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock to shareholders of record as of June 14, 2024, payable on or about July 1, 2024.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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Description
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| 99.1 | News Release dated May 8, 2024. * | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). | |
| * Furnished herewith | ||
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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: May 9, 2024
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