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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-009393"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HL"
cik: "0000719413"
company_name: "HECLA MINING CO/DE/"
filed_at: "2023-01-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T15:00:28.347857+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hecla reports 14.2M oz silver in 2022, up 10% YoY; union ratifies 6-year Lucky Friday deal

## Summary
- Silver production 14.2M oz in 2022, up 10% YoY, exceeding guidance; gold production 175,807 oz, down 13%.
- Lucky Friday silver rose 24% YoY with record mill throughput of 978 tpd and higher grades.
- Keno Hill on track for Q3 2023 production start, targeting >2.5M oz silver with $35-40M ramp-up costs.
- Greens Creek mill record throughput of 2,502 tpd in Q4; annual silver output up 5%.
- USW Local 5114 ratified 6-year collective bargaining agreement at Lucky Friday; wages increased.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-009393
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HL
- cik: 0000719413
- company_name: HECLA MINING CO/DE/
- filed_at: 2023-01-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312523009393/0001193125-23-009393-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312523009393/d410095d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-009393.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  HECLA MINING CO/DE/ reported preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: On January 11, 2023, the Company issued a news release (“Release”) announcing certain preliminary production results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312523009393/0001193125-23-009393-index.htm

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