Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 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): December 18, 2007

 


Hecla Mining Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 


Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-8491   77-0664171
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

6500 North Mineral Drive, Suite 200

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

  83815-9408
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(208) 769-4100

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 


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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On Tuesday, December 18, 2007, Hecla announced it completed its previously announced underwritten public offering of 2,012,500 shares of its 6.5% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”), which includes the underwriters’ exercise of its over-allotment option for 262,500 shares of Preferred Stock. A copy of the press release making the announcement is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated into this Item 8.01 by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

99.1    Press Release dated December 18, 2007.

 

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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/ Philip C. Wolf

  Name:   Philip C. Wolf
  Title:   Senior Vice President – General Counsel
Dated: December 18, 2007    


Exhibit Index

 

99.1    Press Release dated December 18, 2007.