FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Sienko David C
  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)
SR. VP - General Counsel
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
6500 N. MINERAL DRIVE, SUITE 200		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/20/2024
(Street)

COEUR D'ALENE, ID 83815		 4. If Amendment, Date 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
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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 08/20/2024   A   5,092 (1) A $ 6.01 1,006,307 (2) D  
Common Stock 08/20/2024   J   13,351 A $ 0 13,351 (5) D  

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: 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 rigts $ 0 08/20/2024   A   5,092 (3)   01/01/2027 01/01/2027 Common Stock 5,092 $ 0 1,006,307 (4) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Sienko David C
6500 N. MINERAL DRIVE, SUITE 200
COEUR D'ALENE, ID 83815		       SR. VP - General Counsel  

Signatures

 Tammi D. Whitman - Attorney-in-Fact for David Sienko   08/22/2024
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Mr. Sienko was promoted to Sr. Vice President - General Counsel on 8/16/2024. Award of restricted stock units that vest as follows: 1,697 shares on June 21, 2025; 1,697 shares on June 21, 2026; and 1,698 shares on June 21, 2027.
(2) Consists of 788,968 shares held directly, 115,411 performance-based shares and 101,928 unvested restricted stock units.
(3) As part of his promotion, Mr. Sienko was also awarded performance-based units representing the contingent right to receive between $15,300 and $61,200 worth of Hecla Mining Company common stock based on Hecla Mining company's Total Shareholder Return performance over the 3-year period (January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026) relative to our peers. Examples of the potential grant of shares to Mr. Sienko under this plan are as follows: 100th percentile rank among peers = maximum award at 200% of target ($61,200 in stock); 50th percentile rank among peers = target award at grant value ($30,600 in stock); and 25th percentile rank among peers = threshold award at 25% of target ($15,300 in stock).
(4) See footnote 2.
(5) Held as 1,115.18 units in Mr. Sienko's 401(k) account under the Hecla Mining Company Capital Accumulation Plan, and estimated to be 13,351 shares.

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