SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Allen Kurt (Last) (First) (Middle) 6500 N. MINERAL DR., SUITE 200 (Street) COEUR D'ALENE ID 83815 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HECLA MINING CO/DE/ [ HL ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) VP - Exploration
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/23/2025
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	06/23/2025		F		9,309(1)	D	$5.82	268,860(2)	D
Common Stock	06/23/2025		A		51,869(3)	A	$5.82	268,860(4)	D
Common Stock	06/23/2025		J		26,161(5)	A	$0	26,161	I	401(k) Plan

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Performance rights	$0	06/23/2025		A		51,869(6)		01/01/2028	01/01/2028	Common Stock	51,869	$0	268,860(7)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Mr. Allen was awarded (i) 33,860 restricted stock units on June 21, 2022; 32,673 restricted stock units on June 21, 2023; and 48,138 restricted stock units on June 21, 2024. One-third of those restricted stock units vested on June 23, 2025. To cover his tax liability on those vested units, Hecla mining Company withheld 9,309 shares.

2. Consists of 52,219 shares held directly, 121,789 performance-based units, and 94,852 unvested restricted stock units.

3. Award of restricted stock units that vest as follows: 17,290 shares on June 21, 2026; 17,290 shares on June 21, 2027; and 17,289 shares on June 21, 2028.

4. See footnote 2.

5. Held as 2,185.124 units in Mr. Allen's 401(k) account under the Hecla Mining Company Capital Accumulation Plan and estimated to be 26,161 shares.

6. Mr. Allen was awarded performance rights representing the contingent right to receive between $301,875 and $603,750 worth of Hecla Mining Company common stock based on Hecla Mining Company's Total Shareholder Return performance over the 3-year period (January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027) relative to our peers. Examples of the potential grant of shares to Mr. Allen under this plan are as follows: 100th percentile rank among peers = maximum award at 200% of target ($603,750 in stock); 50th percentile rank among peers = target award at grant value ($301,875 in stock), and 0 percentile rank among peers = threshold award below 25% of target.

7. See footnote 2.

	Tami D. Whitman, Attorney-in-Fact for Kurt Allen	06/25/2025
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