HECLA MINING CO/DE/ — Director's Dealing 2012

May 31, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: HECLA MINING CO/DE/ (HL)
CIK: 0000719413
Period of Report: 2012-05-30

Reporting Person: Nethercutt George R Jr (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-05-30	Common Stock	J	3082	$7.7854	Acquired	30354	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Allocation of shares in trust to the account of George R. Nethercutt, Jr. in the Hecla Mining Company Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors.

F2: This price is the average closing price for Hecla's common stock on the New York Stock Exchange for the prior calendar year (2011).