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Exhibit 95

 

Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Our mines are operated subject to the regulation of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”), under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the “Mine Act”). In July 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) was signed into law, and amended in December 2011. The following mine safety data is provided pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act.

 

When MSHA believes a violation of the Mine Act has occurred, it may issue a citation for such violation, including a civil penalty or fine, and the mine operator must abate the alleged violation. During the second quarter of 2014, MSHA proposed $592 in penalty assessments at the Greens Creek mine and $6,202 in penalty assessments at the Lucky Friday mine. Hecla has not yet received all penalty assessments related to the citations issued in the second quarter of 2014. We have the opportunity to contest or appeal these penalties.

 

During the second quarter of 2014, MSHA issued the Greens Creek mine 3 citations pursuant to Section 104 of the Mine Act for violations of mandatory health or safety standards that could significantly and substantially contribute to the cause and effect of a mine safety or health hazard, and 6 such citations to the Lucky Friday mine.

 

The Greens Creek mine has no legal actions pending before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, regarding citations for which penalties have been assessed.

 

The Lucky Friday Mine has 44 actions pending before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, including 28 actions for which proposed penalties assessment have not been issued, and 16 actions regarding citations and orders for which penalty assessments have been issued.

 

As required by the reporting requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act, as amended, the table below presents the following information for the three-month period ended June 30, 2014.

 

Mine

 

Section

104 S

Citations

   

Section

104(b)

Orders

   

Section

104(d)

Citations

and

Orders

   

Section

110(b)(2)

Violations

   

Section

107(a)

Orders

   

Total Dollar

Value of

MSHA

Assessments

Proposed

   

Total

Number

Of

Mining

Related

Fatalities

   

Received

Notice of

Pattern of

Violations

Under

Section

104(e)

   

Received

Notice of

Potential

to have

Patterns

Under

Section

104(e)

   

Legal

Actions

Pending

as of Last

Day of

Period

   

Legal

Actions

Initiated

During

Period

   

Legal

Actions

Resolved

During

Period

 

Greens Creek

  3     0     0             $592         no     no     0     0    

0

 

Lucky Friday

  6     0     0             $6,202        

no

   

no

    44     0     0