EX-23.1 8 hecla061047_ex23-1.htm CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP Hecla Mining Company Exhibit 23.1 to Form 10-K dated December 31, 2005

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Forms S-8 (File No. 333-96995, 33-60095 and 33-60099), Form S-3 (No. 333-126362) and on Form S-4 (No. 333-130682) of Hecla Mining Company and subsidiaries of our report dated February 23, 2006 relating to the financial statements of Greens Creek Joint Venture (which financial statements are not presented separately in this Form 10-K), which report appears in this Form 10-K.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Salt Lake City, Utah
March 9, 2006