---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-099815"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HL"
cik: "0000719413"
company_name: "HECLA MINING CO/DE/"
filed_at: "2023-04-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T02:50:03.758192+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hecla Q1 silver production up 10% QoQ to 4.0M oz; gold down 9% to 39,571 oz

## Summary
- Silver production 4,041,878 oz (+10% vs Q4 2022); gold 39,571 oz (-9%).
- Greens Creek set quarterly throughput record of 2,591 tpd; silver output 2.8M oz (+14%).
- Lucky Friday produced 1.3M oz silver (+3%); fourth consecutive quarter above 1M oz.
- Casa Berardi gold output 24,686 oz (-20%) due to lower underground tons and grade.
- Keno Hill development 65% complete; on track for Q3 production; sees 2023 silver >2.5M oz.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-099815
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HL
- cik: 0000719413
- company_name: HECLA MINING CO/DE/
- filed_at: 2023-04-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312523099815/0001193125-23-099815-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312523099815/d494243d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-099815.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  HECLA MINING CO/DE/ reported preliminary financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.
  - Period: the first quarter ended March 31, 2023
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: On April 13, 2023, Hecla Mining Company (the “Company”) issued a news release (“Release”) announcing certain preliminary production results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312523099815/0001193125-23-099815-index.htm

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