EXHIBIT 23.3


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               CONSENT OF INDPENDENT 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 also consent to the reference to us under the caption "Experts" in the
Prospectus.


/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP


January 6, 2003
Spokane, Washington