---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-089833"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HL"
cik: "0000719413"
company_name: "HECLA MINING CO/DE/"
filed_at: "2024-04-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T01:11:14.807181+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hecla Q1 2024 preliminary silver production 4.2M oz, up 43% QoQ; Lucky Friday reaches full production

## Summary
- Silver production 4.2M oz (+43% vs Q4 2023); gold 36,592 oz (in line).
- Lucky Friday produced 1.1M oz silver, completed ramp-up to full production in March.
- Greens Creek silver up 10% to 2.5M oz; throughput 2,552 tpd.
- Keno Hill silver 646,312 oz; throughput up 29% to 277 tpd; ramp-up continuing.
- Collected $17.4M insurance proceeds for Lucky Friday fire; expects remaining $32.6M from $50M sublimit.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-089833
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HL
- cik: 0000719413
- company_name: HECLA MINING CO/DE/
- filed_at: 2024-04-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312524089833/0001193125-24-089833-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312524089833/d798485d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-089833.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  HECLA MINING CO/DE/ updated its the first quarter ended March 31, 2024 guidance (initiated).
  - Period: the first quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: On April 8, 2024, Hecla Mining Company (the “Company”) issued a news release (“Release”) announcing certain preliminary production results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024 and other updates.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312524089833/0001193125-24-089833-index.htm

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