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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 4, 2013

 

HECLA MINING COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

  Delaware  

 

 1-8491

 

77-0664171

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 (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:

 

☐     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐     Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12(b))
☐     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On December 4, 2013, the Company issued a news release announcing the commencement of the Company’s offer to exchange up to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its new registered 6.875% Senior Notes due 2021 for a like principal amount of its outstanding unregistered 6.875% Senior Notes due 2021.

 

A copy of the news release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

     

99.1

 

 

News Release, dated December 4, 2013.*

 

* Filed herewith

 

 

 
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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.

 

Dated:      December 4, 2013

 

  Hecla Mining Company  
       
        
  By: /s/ David C. Sienko  
    David C. Sienko  
    Vice President & General Counsel  

 

 

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