Hecla Mining Company’s (NYSE:HL) President and CEO, Phillips S. Baker, Jr., will present at the Denver Gold Forum in Denver on Tuesday, September 16, 2014, at 2:20 p.m. (MT). A webcast of the presentation will be available at d44.us/?e7play64. A webcast link to the presentation and a copy of the slides will be available on the Company’s website at www.hecla-mining.com.

Vice President – Corporate Development, Don Poirier, will present at the Imperial Capital 18th Annual Global Opportunities Conference in New York on Thursday, September 18, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. (ET). A webcast of the presentation will be available at http://wsw.com/webcast/imperial16/hl. A PDF of the slide presentation will be available on the Company’s website at www.hecla-mining.com.

Sr. Vice President – CFO, James Sabala, will also participate in one-on-one meetings at the Credit Suisse 2014 Global Credit Products Conference in Miami on Thursday, September 18, 2014. A PDF of the presentation will be available on the Company’s website at www.hecla-mining.com.

About Hecla

Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) is a leading low-cost U.S. silver producer with operating mines in Alaska and Idaho, and is a growing gold producer with an operating mine in Quebec, Canada. The Company also has exploration and pre-development properties in five world-class silver and gold mining districts in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and an exploration office and investments in early-stage silver exploration projects in Canada.

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