Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Radford Lawrence P	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 - Operations
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) 6500 MINERAL DR., SUITE 200	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 6/21/2016
(Street) COEUR D'ALENE, ID 84815 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	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. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. 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	6/21/2016		F		35911   (1)	D	$0	685249   (2)	D
Common Stock	6/22/2016		J		13405   (3)	A	$4.63	13.405	I	By 401(k) Plan

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. 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		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 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

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)	Mr. Radford was awarded 102,389 restricted stock units on June 21, 2013, and 137,295 restricted stock units on July 1, 2015. The restrictions lapsed on 1/3 of the vesting units (34,130 and 45,765 shares, respectively). Mr. Radford elected to have Hecla Mining Company withhold 35,911 shares to cover his tax liability.
( 2)	Total consists of 421,634 shares held directly and 263,615 unvested restricted stock units.
( 3)	Held as 1,108.311 units in Mr. Radford's 401(k) account under Hecla Mining Company's Capital Accumulation Plan, and estimated to be 13,405 shares.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Radford Lawrence P 6500 MINERAL DR., SUITE 200 COEUR D'ALENE, ID 84815			Sr. VP - Operations

Signatures
Tami D. Whitman, Attorney-in-Fact for Lawrence P. Radford		6/23/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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