Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 12, 2021, Hecla Mining Company (the "Company") issued a news release ("Release") announcing certain preliminary production and financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021. All measures of the Company's third quarter 2021 operating and financial results and conditions contained in the Release are preliminary and reflect the Company's expected results as of the date of the Release. Actual reported third quarter 2021 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 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 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 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d) Exhibits

Exhibit                                  Description
Number

    99.1      News Release dated October 12, 2021.*

     104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and
            contained in Exhibit 101).

            * Furnished herewith

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