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Issuer:     HECLA MINING CO/DE/ (HL)
CIK:        0000719413
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-01-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-23-009393
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312523009393/0001193125-23-009393-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312523009393/d410095d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-009393

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