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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 third quarter of 2017, MSHA proposed $6,154 in penalty assessments at the Greens Creek mine, $1,862 in penalty assessments at the Lucky Friday mine, and no penalty assessments at the Troy mine. Hecla has not yet received all penalty assessments related to the citations issued in the third quarter of 2017. We have the opportunity to contest or appeal these penalties.

 

During the third quarter of 2017, MSHA issued the Greens Creek mine 4 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, no such citations to the Lucky Friday mine, and no such citations at the Troy mine.

 

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

 

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 September 30, 2017.

 

                                                           

Received

                       
                                                         

Received

Notice of

                       
                                            Total    

Total

 

Notice of

Potential

 

Legal

                 
                   

Section

                   

Dollar

   

Number

 

Pattern of

to have

 

Actions

   

Legal

   

Legal

 
                   

104(d)

                   

Value of

   

Of

 

Violations

Patterns

 

Pending

   

Actions

   

Actions

 
   

Section

   

Section

   

Citations

   

Section

   

Section

   

MSHA

   

Mining

 

Under

Under

 

as of Last

   

Initiated

   

Resolved

 
   

104 S&S

   

104(b)

   

and

   

110(b)(2)

   

107(a)

   

Assessments

   

Related

 

Section

Section

 

Day of

   

During

   

During

 

Mine

 

Citations

   

Orders

   

Orders

   

Violations

   

Orders

   

Proposed

   

Fatalities

 

104(e)

104(e)

 

Period

   

Period

   

Period

 

Greens Creek

    4       0       0                 $ 6,154        

no

no

    0       0       0  

Lucky Friday

    0       0       0                 $ 1,862        

no

no

    0       0       0  

Troy

    0       0       0                 $ 0        

no

no

    0       0       0