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Issuer:     HECLA MINING CO/DE/ (HL)
CIK:        0000719413
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-01-10T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-005990
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hecla 2023 silver production 14.3M oz (+1% YoY); Lucky Friday restarts production
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- Silver production of 14.3M oz exceeded 2022's 14.2M oz despite Lucky Friday shutdown since August 2023.
- Gold production decreased 14% to 151,259 oz; Casa Berardi transition to open pit mine, Greens Creek gold up 26%.
- Lucky Friday restarted production on Jan 9, 2024; full production and insurance proceeds expected in Q1 2024.
- Keno Hill produced 1.5M oz silver in 2023; Bermingham deposit achieved highest mined tonnage in December.
- Company targets up to 20M oz silver production by 2025, citing critical role in energy transition.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312524005990/0001193125-24-005990-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312524005990/d645796d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-005990

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