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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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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): November 4, 2015

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

(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)
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⃞ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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Item 2.02.   Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

          On November 4, 2015, Hecla Mining Company (the “Company”) issued a news release announcing the Company’s third quarter 2015 financial results.  The news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

          In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers’ Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 4, 2015, the Company issued a news release announcing that James A. Sabala, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, intends to retire immediately after the Company’s Annual Shareholder Meeting in 2016.  The Company has begun a search for his replacement and will be considering both internal and external candidates.

Item 8.01  Other Events.

On November 4, 2015, the Company announced it would pay a dividend on its shares of common stock in the amount of $0.0025, to shareholders of record as of November 19, 2015, payable on or about December 1, 2015.  The Company also announced it declared a dividend of $0.875 on its Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, to shareholders of record as of December 15, 2015, payable on or about January 4, 2016.

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

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits

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.

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