HL 8-K
Hecla Mining Co/De/ (HL)
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On February 26, 2024, the Company announced the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Hecla Mining Company (the “Company”) had increased the size of the Board, and appointed Mark P. Board as a Class II director (standing for election in 2024), to fill the resulting vacancy, effective February 22, 2024. Mr. Board was also appointed to serve on the Health, Safety, Environmental and Technical Committee. He will be eligible to receive standard director and committee fees, and to receive grants under the Company’s Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors, all as described under the caption “Compensation of Non-Management Directors” in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2023. The news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Board and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed to the Board, and there are no relationships between Mr. Board and the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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| 99.1 | News Release, dated February 26, 2024.* | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). | |
| * | Furnished herewith |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| HECLA MINING COMPANY | ||
| By: | /s/ David C. Sienko | |
| David C. Sienko | ||
| Vice President and General Counsel | ||
Dated: February 26, 2024
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Exhibit 99.1
NEWS RELEASE
HECLA APPOINTS DIRECTOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 26, 2024
COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO — Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) today announced the appointment of Mark P. Board as a Director effective February 23, 2024. Mr. Board has been President of M Board Mining Consulting, LLC since 2020. Prior to that, he served as Vice President – Innovation and Technical Services for Hecla Limited, a subsidiary of Hecla Mining Company, from June 2014 until his retirement in June 2020. Prior to that, he acted as a consulting engineer for Itasca Consulting Group where he provided mine evaluation, mine design and stability assessments for underground and open pit mines worldwide. Mr. Broad has over 45 years of experience as a mining and geotechnical engineer and holds a PhD in Geological Engineering from the University of Minnesota.
ABOUT HECLA
Founded in 1891, Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) is the largest silver producer in the United States. In addition to operating mines in Alaska, Idaho, and Quebec, the Company is developing a mine in the Yukon, Canada, and owns a number of exploration and pre-development projects in world-class silver and gold mining districts throughout North America.
For further information, please contact:
Anvita Mishra Patil
Vice President – Investor Relations and Treasurer
Cheryl Turner
Communications Coordinator
800-HECLA91 (800-432-5291)
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hecla.com
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