Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On January 7, 2020, Hecla Mining Company (the "Company") issued a news release announcing preliminary production and financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2019. All measures of the Company's fourth quarter and full year 2019 operating and financial results and conditions contained in the news release are preliminary and reflect the Company's expected results as of the date of the news release. Actual reported fourth quarter and full year 2019 results are subject to management's final review as well as review by the Company's independent registered accounting firm and may vary significantly from current expectations because of a number of factors, including, without limitation, additional or revised information and changes in accounting standards or policies or in how those standards are applied. A copy of the news release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any of the Company's filings or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.




Item 8.01 Other Events

As disclosed in Exhibit 99.1, the Company also announced the union ratified a new collective bargaining agreement at the Company's Lucky Friday mine.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.





(d) Exhibits



Exhibit                                 Description
Number

99.1         News Release, dated January 7, 2020.*
104        Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and
           contained in Exhibit 101).

           * Furnished herewith




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