HECLA MINING CO/DE/

Current report

There remains risk and uncertainty to our business and the global economy surrounding tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration and possible reciprocal tariffs announced by other countries. On July 6, 2025, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that countries that have not reached trade deals with the United States by August 1 will no longer be subject to a pause of the country-specific tariff rates previously announced on April 2. In addition, on July 7, the administration sent letters setting country-specific tariff rates for several countries with whom the U.S. has not reached trade deals, including Japan and South Korea, with tariffs set for each at 25% on all goods effective August 1. On July 22 and July 31, Japan and South Korea, respectively, reached trade deals with the United States, reducing their export tariff rates to 15%. To date, neither nation has reciprocated with tariffs that impact our products sold therein.

Current report

Currently, we sell our products into Japan and South Korea, as well as Canada, and we have recently had sales into China. We have very little sales in the United States. As of the date of this report, neither Japan nor South Korea have announced plans to implement reciprocal tariffs on U.S. imports in response to the U.S.-announced tariffs. While the impacts of tariffs on us to date have been immaterial to the sales of our products, reciprocal tariffs could make it more expensive for us to export our products to affected countries, including Japan and South Korea. This creates risk for us that customers in those or other tariff-impacted countries will seek to renegotiate existing agreements with us, seek to shift some or all of their increased costs to us in future agreements, break or terminate agreements with us if they are deemed uneconomic to the customer, or take other actions, any of which alone or in combination could materially adversely impact our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Further, any materials that we import to the U.S. from countries subject to tariffs could become more expensive if subject to a tariff, which could also have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Previous report

Recently, the Trump Administration announced a 10% baseline tariff on multiple countries, including China, a country into which we sell our products. The Trump Administration then adopted additional, country-specific reciprocal tariffs. In response, China adopted retaliatory tariffs on goods imported from the U.S. On April 10, 2025, the Trump Administration suspended the country-specific reciprocal tariffs for a period of 90-days for all countries, except China, where the current applicable tariffs are 125%. Currently, we sell certain of our products into China (as well as Canada), and in the future may continue to do so. While the impacts of tariffs on us to date have been immaterial, the recently announced reciprocal Chinese tariffs might affect our products, and, in the absence of applicable exemptions (which were in place between 2018 and 2024), could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Further, any materials that we import to the U.S. from countries subject to tariffs could become more expensive if subject to a tariff, which could also have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Previous report

On April 9, 2025, the Trump Administration issued Executive Order 14269, “Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance.” Among other things, this Order proposes the adoption of tariffs on maritime transport operators using Chinese- built vessels. We have significant sales of products that are shipped to Asia via oceangoing vessels that we source from maritime transport operators, and as a commodity producer, we have limited ability to pass on cost increases to our customers. If any of these tariffs were to be applied to vessels carrying our products, we could experience an increase in shipping charges, which could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition, and results of operations. As of the date of this report, we are not currently subject to any of these fees and believe there are exemptions potentially available when the tariffs go into effect.