HECLA MINING COMPANY EXHIBIT 23.1 TO FORM 10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007

EX-23.1 11 hecla080804_ex23-1.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REG. PUBLIC ACCT. FIRM HECLA MINING COMPANY EXHIBIT 23.1 TO FORM 10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007

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 ASR (File No. 333-145919), 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.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Salt Lake City

February 29, 2008

R-221 (12/05)