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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-254632"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HL"
cik: "0000719413"
company_name: "HECLA MINING CO/DE/"
filed_at: "2023-10-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T01:20:46.311686+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hecla reports Q3 preliminary silver +8% YTD; Lucky Friday suspended rest of 2023

## Summary
- Silver production 11.4M oz YTD (up 8% YoY); gold production 114k oz (down 14% YoY).
- Lucky Friday produced 475k oz Ag in Q3; full-year production suspended due to Aug shaft fire.
- Keno Hill produced 0.71M oz Ag in Q3 (up 285% QoQ); ramping to 440 tpd by year-end.
- Casa Berardi gold output 24,259 oz (up 28% QoQ); open-pit transition on track for mid-2024.
- 2023 silver guidance reaffirmed at 14.5-15.5M oz; targeting ~20M oz by 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-254632
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HL
- cik: 0000719413
- company_name: HECLA MINING CO/DE/
- filed_at: 2023-10-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312523254632/0001193125-23-254632-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312523254632/d530117d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-254632.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  HECLA MINING CO/DE/ updated its third quarter ended September 30, 2023 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: Hecla Mining Company (the “Company”) issued a news release (“Release”) announcing certain preliminary production results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312523254632/0001193125-23-254632-index.htm

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