Hecla Mining (HL) Com Stk US Do.25

Hecla Mining Company is a silver producer in the United States and Canada. It discovers, acquires and develops mines and other mineral interests and produces and markets concentrates containing silver, gold, lead, zinc and copper; carbon material containing silver and gold, and unrefined dore containing silver and gold. Its segments include Greens Creek, Lucky Friday, Keno Hill and Casa Berardi. Greens Creek operation is located on Admiralty Island, near Juneau, Alaska. Greens Creek property includes over 440 unpatented lode mining claims, 58 unpatented millsite claims, 21 patented lode claims and one patented millsite. Lucky Friday mine is a deep underground silver, lead, and zinc mine located in the Coeur d’Alene Mining District in northern Idaho. Keno Hill Silver Project is located within the Keno Hill Silver District in Canada’s Yukon Territory, which comprises over 242 square kilometers with numerous mineral deposits. It owns a number of exploration and pre-development projects.