HECLA MINING CO/DE/ — Director's Dealing 2010

May 6, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: HECLA MINING CO/DE/ (HL)
CIK: 0000719413
Period of Report: 2010-05-05

Reporting Person: Poirier Don (Vice President - Corp. Develop)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-05-05	Common Stock	A	17498	—	Acquired	94950	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-05-05	Stock Options	$5.52	A	30581	Acquired	2015-05-05	Common Stock (30581)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Restricted stock granted under the 1995 Incentive Stock Plan. The restrictions on these shares lapse on May 11, 2011.