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Hecla Mining (HL) director Dean Gehring granted shares, splits award with trust

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Gehring Dean reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.

Hecla Mining Company director Dean Gehring received a stock-based compensation award tied to the company’s nonemployee director plan. He was granted 7,211 shares of common stock at an average price of $8.6675 per share based on the prior calendar year’s closing prices. Gehring elected to take half of the award directly, bringing his direct holdings to 7,211 shares, and half into a trust under the Hecla Mining Company Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors, where 30,876 shares are now held on his behalf. These transactions reflect routine equity compensation and related allocation between direct and trust accounts, with no open-market buying or selling.

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Insider Gehring Dean
Role null
Type Security Shares Price Value
Other Common Stock 7,211 $8.6675 $63K
Grant/Award Common Stock 7,211 $8.6675 $63K
Holdings After Transaction: Common Stock — 30,876 shares (Indirect, See footnote 1 and 3); Common Stock — 7,211 shares (Direct, null)
Footnotes (1)
  1. Allocation of shares in trust to the account of Dean Gehring in the Hecla Mining Company Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors. This price is the average closing price for Hecla's common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange for the prior calendar year (2025). Total amount of shares held in trust on behalf of Mr. Gehring in the Hecla Mining Company Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors. Ms. Gehring elected to receive 50% of his award under the Hecla Mining Company Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors directly, and 50% (7,211) shares to the trust. See footnote 2 Total amount of shares held directly by Mr. Gehring.
Director grant size (direct portion) 7,211 shares Common stock grant on 2026-06-22 at average price
Grant valuation price $8.6675 per share Average closing price for 2025 on NYSE
Direct holdings after grant 7,211 shares Total amount of shares held directly by Mr. Gehring
Shares held in trust 30,876 shares Total shares in Hecla Stock Plan trust on his behalf
Restructuring-related transfer 7,211 shares Other acquisition or disposition (allocation to trust) on 2026-06-22
Hecla Mining Company Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors financial
"Allocation of shares in trust to the account of Dean Gehring in the Hecla Mining Company Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors."
average closing price financial
"This price is the average closing price for Hecla's common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange for the prior calendar year (2025)."
The average closing price is the arithmetic mean of a security’s end-of-day prices over a chosen period, found by adding each day’s closing price and dividing by the number of days. It smooths out daily ups and downs to show a typical market value—like averaging daily temperatures to understand a month’s climate—and helps investors spot trends, judge whether a stock is generally rising or falling, and make clearer buy or sell decisions.
trust financial
"Allocation of shares in trust to the account of Dean Gehring in the Hecla Mining Company Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors."
A trust is a legal setup in which one party (the trustee) holds and manages assets—like cash, stocks or property—on behalf of other people (beneficiaries) according to instructions from the person who created it (the grantor). Think of it as a locked box with a keyholder who must follow written rules; for investors it matters because trusts influence who controls and benefits from assets, affect taxes and succession, and can change how quickly or transparently shares are bought, sold or voted.
indirect ownership financial
"nature_of_ownership: See footnote 1 and 3"
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SEC Form 4
FORM 4UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Gehring Dean

(Last)(First)(Middle)
6363 S FIDDLERS GREEN CIRCLE

(Street)
GREENWOOD VILLAGE COLORADO 80111

(City)(State)(Zip)

UNITED STATES

(Country)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HECLA MINING CO/DE/ [ HL ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
XDirector10% Owner
Officer (give title below)Other (specify below)
2a. Foreign Trading Symbol
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/22/2026
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)3. Transaction 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)
CodeVAmount(A) or (D)Price
Common Stock06/22/2026J7,211(1)A$8.6675(2)30,876(3)ISee footnote 1 and 3
Common Stock06/22/2026A7,211(4)A$8.6675(5)7,211(6)D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)4. Transaction 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 (Month/Day/Year)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: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
CodeV(A)(D)Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Allocation of shares in trust to the account of Dean Gehring in the Hecla Mining Company Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors.
2. This price is the average closing price for Hecla's common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange for the prior calendar year (2025).
3. Total amount of shares held in trust on behalf of Mr. Gehring in the Hecla Mining Company Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors.
4. Ms. Gehring elected to receive 50% of his award under the Hecla Mining Company Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors directly, and 50% (7,211) shares to the trust.
5. See footnote 2
6. Total amount of shares held directly by Mr. Gehring.
Tami D. Whitman, Attorney-in-Fact for Dean Gehring06/22/2026
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
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* Form 4: SEC 1474 (03-26)