Hecla Mining Company announced today that President and CEO Phillips S. Baker, Jr. received this year's Selwyn Blaylock Canadian Mining Excellence Award. The award, given by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum , recognizes an individual who has demonstrated distinguished service to Canada through exceptional achievement in [...]
Hecla Mining Company today announced its preliminary silver and gold production and progress on Keno Hill for the first quarter of 2023.1 HIGHLIGHTS 10% increase in silver production and as anticipated 9% decrease in gold production. Greens Creek silver production increased 14%. Lucky Friday silver production increased 3%. Lead production increased [...]
Hecla Mining Company is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a definitive agreement with ATAC Resources Ltd. to acquire ATAC and its Rackla and Connaught projects in Yukon, Canada. Under the proposed transaction, the Company's subsidiary would acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of ATAC for a consideration of C$31 [...]
Hecla Mining Company's President and CEO, Phillips S. Baker, Jr., will participate in a virtual fireside chat with Steven Green, Precious Metals Equity Research Analyst with TD Securities, on Wednesday, April 5 at 11:00 AM Eastern Time. The webcast can be accessed at https://www.veracast.com/webcasts/tds/meetings/2d01G3.cfm or on the Company's [...]
Hecla Mining Company announced today that the Company received the 2022 Robert E. Murray Innovation Award for pioneering the Underhand Closed Bench mining method at its Lucky Friday Mine in Idaho. The award, given by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, & Exploration , recognizes operations and organizations that implement cutting-edge technologies [...]
Hecla Mining Company announced today that representatives of the Company will present and participate at multiple investor conferences. SME 2023 Annual Conference Phillips S. Baker, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, will give the Keynote lecture at the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration in Denver, Colorado on Monday, February [...]
Hecla will deploy Mine Vision Systems's FaceCapture™ mapping system to enable precise and real-time production decision making at the mine face Mine Vision Systems today announced they have entered into a multi-year agreement with Hecla Mining Company to introduce the FaceCapture™ mapping system into two of its mines in North America [...]
Hecla Mining Company acknowledges that it has entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent to acquire ATAC Resources Ltd. and its Rackla and Connaught projects in Yukon, Canada. Under the proposed transaction, the Company would acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of ATAC for C$0.14 per ATAC share, for a consideration of C$31 million [...]
Hecla Mining Company today announced fourth quarter and full-year 2022 financial and operating results. ANNUAL HIGHLIGHTS Strategic Completed the acquisition of Alexco Resource Corp., adding nearly 50 million ounces of silver reserves; highest-grade and largest primary silver reserves in Canada. Operational Record silver reserves of 241 million [...]
Hecla Mining Company today reported the highest silver reserves in its more than 130-year history and provided an update on its exploration programs during the fourth quarter 2022 and plans for 2023. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230214005412/en/ Figure 1: Plan map [...]
Hecla Mining Company today announced it plans to issue a news release reporting its fourth quarter and full-year 2022 operations and financial results before market open on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST Hecla will hold a conference call and webcast on Wednesday, February 15, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss fourth [...]
Hecla Mining Company today announced that the United Steelworkers Union Local 5114 has ratified the Collective Bargaining Agreement at the Company's Lucky Friday Mine, located in Mullan, Idaho. The USW Local 5114 and the Company have agreed to a 6-year contract. The work rules were largely unchanged from the prior agreement. Wages are increased to [...]