Hecla Announces Fourth Quarter & Year End 2007 Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule

Hecla Mining Company (NYSE: HL), a silver and gold mining company, will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss fourth quarter and year end 2007 results on Thursday, February 14, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8:00 a.m. Pacific Time). Hecla will release its fourth quarter 2007 financial results on that morning.

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, gold, lead and zinc in the United States, Mexico and Venezuela. 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.