FAQs

Hecla's stock symbol is 'HL'. Hecla's stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), where it has been listed since 1964.

There are 531.7 million common shares outstanding as of December 31, 2020.

Yes, but not for many years. Hecla's stock split one-for-one in May 1968 and three-for-two in February 1981. Details of each stock split are as follows:

 

Record Date	Payable Date	Factor
5/10/68	6/10/68	1 for 1
2/10/81	3/24/81	3 for 2

Hecla pays a silver price-linked common stock dividend based on Hecla's average realized silver price for the preceding quarter (starting with a minimum average realized silver price of $25.00). Realized prices are calculated by dividing gross revenues for each metal by the payable quantities of each metal included in concentrate and doré sold during the period. At $25 per ounce realized silver price, quarterly dividend payments are $0.005 per share ($0.02 per share annually). At $30 per ounce realized silver price, quarterly dividend payments are $0.01 per share ($0.04 per share annually). Beyond $30 per ounce realized silver price, any quarterly Common Stock dividend declared by Hecla will increase or decrease by $0.01 per share ($0.04 annually) for each $5.00 per ounce incremental increase in the average realized silver price in the preceding quarter. If you are a Common Stock shareholder who has moved and you have not received your dividend payments, please contact Hecla's transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company at 800-937-5449.

Hecla also pays an annual minimum common stock dividend of $0.015 per share to be paid quarterly at $0.00375 per share. If you are a Common Stock shareholder who has moved and you have not received your dividend payments, please contact Hecla's transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company at 800-937-5449.

Hecla pays a $0.875 per share dividend on its Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (HL-PrB) each quarter. Dividends are typically paid to shareholders of the Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1. If you are a Preferred B shareholder who has moved and you have not received your dividend payments, please contact Hecla's transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company at 800-937-5449.

The declaration and payment of dividends remains at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors and will depend on Hecla's financial results, cash requirements (including for preferred dividends, operations, capital projects, exploration and development, litigation and settlements, acquisitions, and other items), future prospects and other factors deemed relevant by the Board.

Hecla sold its interest in the below-listed companies. If you hold shares in any of these companies, please contact the below-listed individuals for information on your shares.

Name	Date Sold	Contact
Silver Mountain Lead Mines, Inc.	3/25/99	William L. Campbell, Jr. Phone: (509) 922-3035
Nine Corporation	3/25/99	William L. Campbell, Jr. Phone: (509) 922-3035
Moonlight Mining Company	3/25/99	William L. Campbell, Jr. Phone: (509) 922-3035
Wall Street Mining Company	5/25/99	William L. Campbell, Jr. Phone: (509) 922-3035
Abot Mining Company	6/30/00	Greg Lipsker Phone: (509) 455-9077 (or) Columbia Stock Transfer Phone:  (208) 664-3544
Consolidated Silver Corporation (ConSil Corp.)	7/10/01	Nathan Drage Phone: (801) 273-9300 (or) Computershare Phone:  (604) 661-9400

Hecla was originally incorporated in the state of Idaho in 1891, in 1898 in the state of Washington and then incorporated in the state of Delaware on March 21, 1983.

Here is a list of all mergers and acquisitions of Hecla Mining Company, including the number of shares exchanged for each merged company for Hecla common stock, if applicable:

Date	Company	Exchange Share Ratio
10/31/58	Polaris Mining Company	6 Polaris shares = 1 Hecla shares
1/29/64	Lucky Friday Silver-Lead Mines Company	No share exchange
10/20/81	Day Mines, Inc.	1 Day share = 1.8 Hecla shares
7/26/84	Ranchers Exploration and Development Corporation	1 Ranchers share = 1.55 Hecla shares
5/5/89	Geodome Resources	No share exchange
12/17/90	Indusmin, Inc.	No share exchange
6/26/91	CoCa Mines, Inc.	1 CoCa share = .24149 Hecla share
5/11/94	Equinox Resources	1 Equinox share = .3 Hecla share
4/16/08	Remaining 70.3% interest in Greens Creek Joint Venture held by Rio Tinto subsidiary	No share exchange
11/6/08	Independence Lead Mines Company - Assets	1 ILM share = 1.2 Hecla shares
12/13/11	Remaining 30% interest in the San Juan Silver project held by Emerald Mining & leasing, LLC; Golden 8 Mining, LLC; and AgX Resources, Inc.	No share exchange
6/1/13	Aurizon Mines Ltd.	1 Aurizon share = 0.9953 Hecla share
6/15/15	Revett Mining Company, Inc.	1 Revett share = 0.1622 Hecla share
9/13/16	Mines Management, Inc.	1 Mines Management share = 0.2218 Hecla share
7/20/18	Klondex Mines Ltd.	1 Klondex share = 0.4136 Hecla share, US$0.8411 cash, 0.125 Havilah share

For health and safety reasons due to the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), the 2020 Annual Meeting was a virtual meeting and was conducted via live webcast on Thursday, May 21, 2020. If you want to listen to an audio replay of the meeting, you can do so at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/HL2020.


The meeting date for the calendar year ending December 31, 2020, has yet to be determined.