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COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) (Hecla or the Company) today announced first quarter financial and operating results.

FIRST QUARTER 2017 HIGHLIGHTS

• Net income applicable to common stockholders of $26.7 million, or $0.07 per basic share.
• Adjusted net income applicable to common stockholders of $16.7 million, or $0.04 per basic share.¹
• Sales of $142.5 million.
• Cash provided by operating activities of $38.3 million.
• Adjusted EBITDA of $53.9 million and net debt/adjusted EBITDA (last 12 months) of 1.1x.^2,3
• Free cash flow of $16.6 million.⁴
• Cost of sales and other direct production costs and depreciation, depletion and amortization (“cost of sales”) of $107.6 million.
• Silver cash cost, after by-product credits, of $0.84 per ounce, the lowest in over five years.⁵
• All in sustaining cost (AISC), after by-product credits, of $7.60 per silver ounce.⁶
• Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments of $213.3 million.