Hecla Mining — Aug 4, 2026 release

  EXPLORATION AND PRE-DEVELOPMENT _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________   Investment and Strategy During the second quarter, the Company invested $11.3 million in exploration and corporate development (and $0.4 million in pre-development) activities, focused on high-impact discovery drilling at Keno Hill in Yukon and Midas in Nevada, and resource expansion programs at the Company's producing assets. This strategy balances district-scale discovery with near-mine resource definition and reserve extension. Guidance for 2026 remains at $55 million investment in exploration and pre-development. See our exploration update news release from July 29, 2026 for detailed results.     DIVIDENDS ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________   Pursuant to the Company's dividend policy, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.00375 per share of common stock payable on or about September 10, 2026, to stockholders of record on August 26, 2026.   Preferred Stock The Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.875 per share of Series B preferred stock, payable on or about October 1, 2026, to preferred stockholders of record on September 15, 2026.     CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST   A conference call and webcast will be held on Wednesday, August 5, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss these results. The Company recommends that you dial in at least 10 minutes before the call commencement. You may join the conference call by dialing toll-free 1-833-461-5787 or for international dialing 1-585-542-9983. The Conference ID is 147975178 and must be provided when dialing in. Hecla's live and archived webcast can be accessed at https://events.q4inc.