We are excited to be hosting a ZOOM Video Webinar Presentation and Q&A Session with Phillips S. Baker, Jr. President and CEO of Hecla Mining Company (NYSE: HL) on Wednesday, September 30th, and beginning at 8:30 am pacific/ 11:30 am eastern.
Mr. Baker, a director since 2001, has been Chief Executive Officer since May 2003 and has served as Hecla’s President since November 2001. He served as Hecla’s Chief Financial Officer from May 2001 to June 2003; Chief Operating Officer from November 2001 to May 2003; and Vice President from May 2001 to November 2001. He has also served as a Director of QEP Resources, Inc. (a leading independent natural gas and oil exploration and production company), since May 2010, as well as serving as a Director for Questar Corporation (a Western U.S. natural gas-focused exploration and production, interstate pipeline and local distribution company) from February 2004 through June 2010.
Established in 1891, Hecla is headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and has a sister office in Vancouver, B.C. The company’s common stock has been traded on the New York Stock Exchange for over 50 years.
Hecla Mining Company (NYSE: HL) is a leading, low-cost technologically advanced silver producer with operating silver mines in Alaska (Greens Creek), Idaho (Lucky Friday), and Mexico (San Sebastian) and is a growing gold producer with operating mines in Quebec, Canada (Casa Berardi) and Nevada (Fire Creek and Hollister). In addition to its diversified silver and gold operating and cash-flow generating base, Hecla has a number of exploration properties and pre-development projects in eight world-class silver and gold mining districts in North America.
With an active exploration and development program, the company has consistently grown its reserve base for future production, with 2020 reserves totaling 212 million ounces of silver and 2.7 million ounces of gold reserves, calculated using some of the lowest price assumptions in the industry.
Their philosophy is to operate mines safely by promoting a deeply-rooted value-based culture, leveraging mining skills developed over the company’s long history, and by innovating new practices.
Learn more about Hecla’s responsibility to the safety and health of their people, the communities they call home, and the environment they operate in.