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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * BAKER PHILLIPS S JR   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HECLA MINING CO/DE/ [HL] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President & CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) 6500 NORTH MINERAL DRIVE, SUITE 200 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/20/2017 (Street) COEUR D 'ALENE, ID 83815 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 03/20/2017   M   276,136 (1) A $ 0 2,935,394 D   Common Stock 03/20/2017   A   108,789 (2) A $ 0 3,044,183 (3) D   Common Stock 03/20/2017   J   16,998 (7) A $ 5.06 16,998 I By 401(k) Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Performance Rights

$ 0

03/20/2017

M

151,515 (4) (5)

12/31/2016

12/31/2016

Common Stock

151,515

$ 0

318,554 (6)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BAKER PHILLIPS S JR 6500 NORTH MINERAL DRIVE SUITE 200 COEUR D 'ALENE, ID 83815	X		President & CEO

Signatures

Tami D. Whitman, Attorney-in-Fact for Phillips S. Baker, Jr.		03/22/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	See footnotes 4 and 5. Shares received upon settlement of performance rights awarded in June 2014.
(2)	25% of the 2016 Annual Incentive Plan and 2014-2016 Long-term Incentive Plan payments were paid in equity.
(3)	Consists of 1,469,596 shares held directly, 1,273,834 shares held in the Key Employee Deferred Compensation Plan, and 300,753 unvested restricted stock units.
(4)	On June 25, 2014, Mr. Baker was awarded performance rights. The performance rights represented a contingent right to receive between $250,000 and $1 million worth of Hecla Mining Company common stock based on Hecla's total shareholder return performance over the 3-year period relative to our peers using the average stock price of Hecla and our peers over the last 60 calendar days of 2013 compared to the average stock price of Hecla and our peers over the last 60 calendar days of 2016. The potential grant of shares to Mr. Baker under this plan were as follows: (1) 100th percentile rank among peers = maximum payout at 200% of target (i.e. $1 million worth of common stock); (2) 60th percentile rank among peers = target payout at grant value (i.e. $500,000 worth of common stock); or (3) 50th percentile rank among peers = threshold payout at 50% target (i.e. $250,000 worth of common stock).
(5)	In reporting the number of performance rights at the time of the award, Mr. Baker assumed a target payout (i.e. $500,000 worth of common stock), with the common stock valued at the closing price on the day of the award ($3.30), and therefore reported an award of 151,515 rights. Based on Hecla Mining Company's total shareholder return ranking, Mr. Baker's award value was $911,250, and he therefore received 276,136 shares in settlement of award (with the shares valued at the $3.30 closing price on June 25, 2014).
(6)	Consists of 318,554 outstanding performance rights.
(7)	Held as 1,404.702 units in Mr. Baker's 401(k) account under Hecla Mining Company's Capital Accumulation Plan, and estimated to be 16,998 shares.

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