---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-146044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HL"
cik: "0000719413"
company_name: "HECLA MINING CO/DE/"
filed_at: "2024-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T09:26:42.571065+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hecla CEO Phillips Baker Jr. retires; Chair Cassie Boggs named interim CEO

## Summary
- CEO Phillips S. Baker Jr. retired and resigned from the Board effective May 22, 2024, after nearly 23 years of service.
- Board Chair Catherine 'Cassie' J. Boggs appointed Interim President and CEO effective May 22, 2024; she remains Chair.
- Charles B. Stanley named Independent Lead Director for the duration of Boggs' interim CEO tenure.
- A management committee of Russell Lawlar (CFO), Carlos Aguilar (VP Ops), and Mike Clary (Chief Admin Officer) will assist Boggs.
- Board has begun a search for a permanent CEO; day-to-day operations continue without interruption.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-146044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HL
- cik: 0000719413
- company_name: HECLA MINING CO/DE/
- filed_at: 2024-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312524146044/0001193125-24-146044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312524146044/d839328d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-146044
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-146044.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Charles B. Stanley was named as Independent Lead Director at HECLA MINING CO/DE/.
  - Action: named
  - Role: Independent Lead Director
  source text: The Company also named Charles B. Stanley to serve as Independent Lead Director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312524146044/0001193125-24-146044-index.htm
- Executive change
  Catherine 'Cassie' J. Boggs was appointed as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer at HECLA MINING CO/DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Company announced Mr. Baker’s retirement and that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Catherine “Cassie” J. Boggs to serve as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312524146044/0001193125-24-146044-index.htm
- Executive change
  Phillips S. Baker, Jr. retired as President and Chief Executive Officer at HECLA MINING CO/DE/.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On May 22, 2024, Phillips S. Baker, Jr., the President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Hecla Mining Company (the “Company”), informed the Company that he retired from his officer position and resigned his director position effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000119312524146044/0001193125-24-146044-index.htm

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