---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-046260"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HL"
cik: "0000719413"
company_name: "HECLA MINING CO/DE/"
filed_at: "2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T16:00:17.264593+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hecla appoints Mark P. Board as Class II director effective Feb 23, 2024

## Summary
- Board size increased; Mark P. Board appointed to fill vacancy effective February 22, 2024.
- Board is a former Hecla VP (Innovation & Technical Services, 2014-2020) and has 45+ years mining experience.
- Appointed to Health, Safety, Environmental and Technical Committee; eligible for standard director fees and equity grants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-046260
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HL
- cik: 0000719413
- company_name: HECLA MINING CO/DE/
- filed_at: 2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312524046260/0001193125-24-046260-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312524046260/d799770d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-046260
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-046260.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-046260.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark P. Board was appointed as Class II director at HECLA MINING CO/DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II director
  source text: the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Hecla Mining Company (the “Company”) had increased the size of the Board, and appointed Mark P. Board as a Class II director (standing for election in 2024), to fill the resulting vacancy, effective February 22, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312524046260/0001193125-24-046260-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.