secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HECLA MINING CO/DE/ (HL)
CIK:        0000719413
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-035267
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hecla reports second-highest silver reserves at 238M oz and largest gold resource in history
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- Silver reserves 238M oz, only 1% below all-time high; Keno Hill reserves up 10% to 55M oz (45% since acquisition).
- Gold reserves down 16% to 2.1M oz due to Casa Berardi surface transition; M&I gold resources up 21% to 4.4M oz.
- Drilling highlights: 54.0 oz/ton Ag over 39.5 ft at Keno Hill Footwall Vein; 63.4 oz/ton Ag over 26 ft at Greens Creek West Zone.
- ATAC Resources acquisition adds 700 sq mi land package; Hecla expects to be Canada's largest silver producer in 2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312524035267/0001193125-24-035267-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312524035267/d755347d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-035267

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