As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2019
Registration
No. 333-[ ]
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HECLA MINING COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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1400
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77-0664171
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
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6500 North Mineral Drive, Suite 200
Coeur dAlene, Idaho 83815-9408
(208)
769-4100
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrants principal executive offices)
David C. Sienko, Esq.
General Counsel
Hecla
Mining Company
6500 North Mineral Drive, Suite 200
Coeur dAlene, Idaho 83815
(208)
769-4100
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
with copies to:
J.
Craig Walker, Esq.
K&L Gates LLP
70 West Madison Street, Suite 3100
Chicago, Illinois 60602
(312)
372-1121
Approximate
date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.
If the
only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. ☐
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. ☒
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the
following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If
this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following
box. ☒
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D.
filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, smaller reporting
company, and emerging growth company in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
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Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated
filer
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered
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Amount
to be
Registered
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Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price
Per Share
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Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
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Amount of
Registration Fee
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Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share
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1,204,750
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(1)
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On February 26, 2016, the registrant registered for resale by the selling shareholders 1,826,509 shares of
its common stock registered on registration statement no.
333-209751
and paid a filing fee of $426.72 with respect to the offering of those shares. This registration statement covers 1,204,750 shares of the
registrants common stock included in such offering that remain unsold. Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6), no additional filing fee is required to be paid with respect to the remaining shares included in such offering and covered by this registration
statement.
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