2008-04-25 23:49:17 -

- Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL), a precious metals company, will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss first quarter 2008 results on Monday, May 12th, 2008, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Time). Hecla will release its first quarter 2008 financial results on that morning.

This call is being web cast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed

at Hecla's web site at www.hecla-mining.com under Investor Relations.

The web cast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.fulldisclosure.com, Thomson/CCBN's individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

Hecla Mining Company, headquartered in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, mines, processes and explores for silver, gold, lead and zinc in the United States, Venezuela and Mexico. A 117-year-old company, Hecla has long been well known in the mining world and financial markets as a quality producer of silver and gold.

Hecla Mining Company
Vice President - Investor and Public Relations
Vicki Veltkamp, 208-769-4128
vveltkamp@hecla-mining.com