Hecla Mining Company was founded on October 14, 1891 in Silver Valley, northern Idaho, as an Idaho company. Since 1891, the company and its subsidiaries have been supplying precious and base metals to the United States and around the world. The Company discovers, acquires and develops mines and other mineral interests, and produces and sells (i) concentrates containing silver, gold, lead, zinc and copper, (ii) carbon materials containing silver and gold, and (iii) unrefined gold ingots containing silver and gold.
