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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-004900"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HL"
cik: "0000719413"
company_name: "HECLA MINING CO/DE/"
filed_at: "2026-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:35:55.271703+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hecla Mining director Ralbovsky retires; Jill Satre named Audit Committee Chair

## Summary
- Stephen Ralbovsky retired from Hecla Board effective Feb 19, 2026; had been director since 2016 and served as Audit Committee Chair.
- Jill Satre appointed as new Audit Committee Chair effective Feb 19, 2026; she joined the Board in October 2024.
- Satre is VP Internal Audit & Corporate Compliance at TC Energy; previously a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers from 2000 to 2023.
- No disagreement between Ralbovsky and Hecla regarding operations, policies, or practices was reported.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-004900
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HL
- cik: 0000719413
- company_name: HECLA MINING CO/DE/
- filed_at: 2026-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000143774926004900/0001437749-26-004900-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719413/000143774926004900/hl20260219_8k.htm

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