Hecla Announces Second Quarter 2010 Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule

Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL),
a precious metals company, will hold its quarterly conference call to
discuss second quarter 2010 results on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at 1:30
p.m. Eastern Time (10:30 a.m. Pacific Time). Hecla will release its
second quarter 2010 financial results on that morning, before the market
opens.

Dial-in information is as follows:

This call is being web cast by Thomson and can be accessed at Hecla′s
web site at www.hecla-mining.com
under Investor Relations.

The company will audio webcast the call which may be accessed through
the Thomson SreetEvents Network. Individual investors can listen to the
call at www.earnings.com,
Thomson′s individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents.
Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com),
a password-protected event management site.

Hecla Mining Company, headquartered in Coeur d′Alene, Idaho, mines,
processes and explores for silver and gold in the United States and
Mexico. A 119-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

Don Poirier, Vice President ? Corporate
Development

208-769-4128

dpoirier@hecla-mining.com