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        <issuerName>HECLA MINING CO/DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>HL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Boggs Catherine J</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>6500 N MINERAL DR., SUITE 200</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>COEUR D'ALENE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>ID</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>83815</rptOwnerZipCode>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Under a ICEO Agreement entered into between Ms. Boggs and Hecla Mining Company (&quot;Company&quot;), she receives a portion of her monthly management fee in equity (a $42,400 value), which is prorated for each partial month of service, from the Hecla Mining Company 2010 Stock Incentive Plan.  Ms. Boggs was awarded a prorated amount of shares on November 7, 2024 (prorated from 11/1/24 to 11/7/24), the effective date of the appointment of the Company's new President and CEO.  The Board of Directors of the Company asked Ms. Boggs to stay until December 12, 2024, to help with the transition of the newly appointed President and CEO.  The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company approved Ms. Boggs continue to receive the $42,400 in equity until the termination of the ICEO Agreement on December 12, 2024. The shares granted to Ms. Boggs are prorated from 11/8/24 to 11/30/24.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The closing price on the NYSE on November 29, 2024.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Consists of 202,362 shares held directly, 117,214 shares deferred into trust under the Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors, and another 6,070 shares deferred into trust under the Hecla 2010 Stock Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">See footnote 1.  The shares granted to Ms. Boggs were prorated from 12/1/24 to 12/12/24.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The closing price on the NYSE on December 11, 2024.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Consists of 205,166 shares held directly, 117,214 shares deferred into trust under the Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors, and another 6,070 shares deferred into trust under the Hecla 2010 Stock Incentive Plan.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Tami D. Whitman, Attorney-in-Fact for Catherine J. Boggs</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-12-13</signatureDate>
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