Current Report Filing (8-k)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

____________________

 

FORM 8-K

 

Current Report

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 24, 2020

 

HECLA MINING COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware	1-8491	77-0664171
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation)

 

6500 North Mineral Drive, Suite 200

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815-9408

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

[phone]

Registrant's telephone number, including area code
 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share		HL	New York Stock Exchange
Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.25 per share		HL-PB	New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On March 24, 2020, Hecla Mining Company announced the suspension of its Casa Berardi operations in Quebec due to an order by the Quebec government. The news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number			Description
99.1		News Release dated March 24, 2020.*
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).
		* Filed herewith

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	HECLA MINING COMPANY
	By:	/s/ David C. Sienko
		David C. Sienko
		Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

Dated: March 27, 2020