UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ~~COMMISSION~~COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, DC 20549

~~Washington, D.C. 20549~~____________________

FORM 8-K

~~CURRENT~~Current ~~REPORT~~Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) ofThe Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~Pursuant~~Date toof ~~Section 13~~Report ~~or 15~~(d) Date of ~~the~~earliest ~~Securities~~event ~~Exchange~~reported): ~~Act~~September of13, ~~1934~~2016

~~Date~~MINES ofMANAGEMENT, ~~Report~~INC. (~~Date~~Exact Name of ~~earliest~~Registrant ~~event~~as ~~reported):~~Specified ~~August 4,~~in ~~2016~~Its ~~(July 29, 2016~~Charter)

MINES MANAGEMENT, INC.

Idaho	001-32074	91-0538859
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
of Incorporation)

~~(Exact~~905 ~~name~~W. ofRiverside ~~registrant~~Avenue, asSuite ~~specified in its charter)~~311

Idaho		001-32074		91-0538859
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Spokane, Washington 99201

905 W. Riverside Avenue, Suite 311 Spokane, Washington		99201
(Address of principal executive offices)		(zip code)

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

~~Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:~~ (509) 838-6050

No(Registrant's ~~Change~~Telephone Number, Including Area Code) N/A(Former name or Former Address, if changed Since Last Report)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o ☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12(b))☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

~~x Soliciting~~Item ~~material~~2.01 ~~pursuant~~– toCompletion ~~Rule 14a-12~~of ~~under~~Acquisition ~~the~~or ~~Exchange~~Disposition ~~Act~~of ~~(17 CFR 240~~Assets.~~14a-12)~~

~~o Pre-commencement~~On ~~communications~~September ~~pursuant~~12, to2016, ~~Rule 14d-2~~the stockholders of Mines Management, Inc. (b“MMI” or the “Company”) ~~under~~ approved an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 23, 2016, as amended (the ~~Exchange~~“Merger ~~Act~~Agreement”), by and among the Company, Hecla Mining Company, a Delaware corporation (17“Hecla”), ~~CFR~~and ~~240~~HL Idaho Corp.~~14d~~, an Idaho corporation and a wholly-2owned subsidiary of Hecla (b“Merger Sub”)). On September 13, 2016, the merger was completed and MMI became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hecla.

~~o Pre-commencement~~At ~~communications~~the ~~pursuant~~effective totime ~~Rule 13e-4(c) under~~and as a result of the ~~Exchange~~Merger, ~~Act~~each ~~(17~~outstanding ~~CFR~~share ~~240~~of common stock of MMI was converted into the right to receive 0.2218 ~~13e-4(c))~~of a share of common stock of Hecla, with cash to be paid in lieu of fractional shares.

Item 13.01. ~~Entry~~– ~~Into~~Notice Aof ~~Material~~Delisting ~~Definitive~~or ~~Agreement~~Failure to satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

OnIn ~~May 23,~~connection ~~2016,~~with ~~Mines~~the ~~Management, Inc.,~~closing anof ~~Idaho corporation (~~the ~~“Company”)~~merger, ~~Hecla~~the ~~Mining~~ Company, anotified ~~Delaware~~the ~~corporation~~NYSE ~~(“Hecla”),~~MKT and HLthe ~~Idaho~~Toronto ~~Corp.,~~Stock anExchange ~~Idaho~~on ~~corporation~~September ~~and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Hecla (“Merger Sub”)~~13, ~~entered~~2016 ~~into~~that ~~an Agreement and Plan of Merger (~~the ~~“Original~~merger ~~Merger~~had ~~Agreement”)~~been ~~pursuant~~approved toby ~~which Merger Sub will merge with and into~~ the Company’s ~~(the~~stockholders. ~~“Merger”)~~MMI’s ~~with~~shares ~~the~~are ~~Company~~expected ~~continuing~~to asbe ~~the~~suspended ~~surviving~~from ~~corporation~~trading ~~and~~on athe ~~direct~~NYSE ~~wholly-owned~~MKT ~~subsidiary of Hecla. The Original Merger Agreement was amended~~ on ~~June 29~~September 14, 2016 (asbefore ~~amended,~~ the ~~“Merger Agreement”~~opening). On ~~July 29,~~The ~~2016,~~NYSE ~~the~~MKT ~~Company,~~will ~~Hecla,~~file ~~and~~a ~~Merger~~delisting ~~Sub~~application ~~entered~~on ~~into~~Form ~~Amendment~~25 ~~No. 2~~with tothe ~~Agreement~~Securities and ~~Plan~~Exchange ofCommission ~~Merger~~ (the “~~Merger Agreement Amendment~~SEC”). ~~The~~to ~~Merger~~report ~~Agreement~~that ~~Amendment~~the ~~provides~~shares of the Company,’s ~~Hecla,~~common ~~and~~stock ~~Merger~~are ~~Sub~~no ~~additional~~longer ~~time~~listed toon ~~meet certain closing conditions contemplated by~~ the ~~Merger~~NYSE ~~Agreement~~MKT. byThe ~~extending~~Company ~~the~~expects ~~August 15,~~its ~~2016~~shares ~~deadline~~of ~~for~~common ~~consummating~~stock ~~the Merger~~ to ~~September 30,~~cease ~~2016,~~trading ~~thereby~~on ~~allowing~~ the ~~parties~~Toronto toStock ~~continue~~Exchange toat ~~move~~the ~~forward~~close ~~with~~of the ~~transactions~~market ~~contemplated~~on bySeptember ~~the~~15, ~~Merger Agreement~~2016.

~~Other~~Item ~~than as expressly modified pursuant the Merger Agreement Amendment, the Merger Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 2~~3.103 to– ~~the~~Material ~~Current~~Modification ~~Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by the Company on May 27, 2016 and amended by Amendment No. 1~~ to ~~Agreement~~Rights ~~and Plan~~ of ~~Merger,~~Security ~~which was filed as Exhibit 2~~Holders.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC by the Company on July 7, 2016, remains in full force and effect as originally executed. The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement Amendment and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Merger Agreement Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.

OnAt ~~May 23, 2016,~~ the ~~Company,~~effective ~~Newhi~~time ~~Inc., Montanore Minerals Corp., Montmin Resources Corp.,~~ and ~~Montanore~~as ~~Minerals Wisconsin Corp., entered into~~ a ~~Term~~result ~~Loan~~of ~~and Security Agreement with Hecla, as lender (~~the ~~“Term Loan Agreement”)~~Merger, ~~which~~each ~~provides~~share ~~for~~of acommon ~~$2.3~~stock ~~million~~of ~~secured term loan facility (~~the ~~“Term Facility”). On July 29, 2016, the~~ Company, ~~Newhi~~issued ~~Inc., Montanore Minerals Corp., Montmin Resources Corp., Montanore Minerals Wisconsin Corp.,~~ and ~~Hecla~~outstanding ~~entered~~immediately ~~into~~prior ~~Amendment No. 1~~ to the ~~Term~~effective ~~Loan~~time ~~and~~of ~~Security Agreement (~~the ~~“Term~~Merger ~~Loan~~was ~~Agreement~~converted ~~Amendment”).~~into ~~The Term Loan Agreement Amendment amends~~ the ~~Term~~right ~~Facility~~to ~~such~~receive ~~that~~0.2218 itof ~~matures~~a onshare ~~the~~of ~~earlier~~common stock of ~~September 30~~Hecla, ~~2016~~with ~~and~~cash ~~the~~to ~~date~~be ~~the~~paid ~~Merger~~in islieu ~~completed~~of fractional shares.

~~Other~~Item ~~than as expressly modified pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement Amendment, the Term Loan Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 10~~5.101 to– ~~the~~Changes ~~Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC by the Company on May 27, 2016, remains~~ in ~~full~~Control ~~force and effect as originally executed on May 23, 2016. The foregoing description~~ of the Term Loan Agreement Amendment and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Term Loan Agreement Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10Registrant.~~1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.~~

~~Additional~~Upon ~~Information~~the closing of the merger, a change in control of the Company occurred, and the Company now is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hecla, as described in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. At the effective time and as a result of the Merger, each share of common stock of the Company issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger was converted into 0.2218 of a share of common stock of Hecla, with cash to be paid in lieu of fractional shares.

InItem connection with the proposed transaction between the Company, Hecla and Merger Sub, Hecla filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4, which includes a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus relating to the Company’s meeting of stockholders to be held to approve the Merger5. ~~The~~02 ~~Company~~– ~~will~~Department mail a definitive proxy statement/prospectus and related materials to its stockholders. The Company’s stockholders and other interested persons are advised to read, when available, the proxy statement/prospectus in connection with the Company’s solicitation of ~~proxies~~Directors ~~for~~or ~~its~~Certain ~~special~~Officers; ~~meeting~~Election of ~~stockholders~~Directors; toAppointment be held to approve the Merger because the proxy statement/prospectus will contain important information about the Company and the proposed Merger. The proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as of aCertain ~~record~~Officers; ~~date~~Compensatory toArrangements ~~be established for voting on the Merger. Stockholders will also be able to obtain copies~~ of ~~the~~Certain ~~proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC by Hecla and Mines Management, without charge, once available, at the SEC’s Internet site at www~~Officers.sec.gov or by directing a request to Hecla’s Investor Relations Department at Hecla Mining Company, Investor Relations, 1-800-HECLA91 (1-800-432-5291), hmc-info@hecla-mining.com or Mines Management’s Investor Relations, (509) 838-6050, info@minesmanagement.com.

2In connection with the merger, each of Douglas D. Dobbs, Glenn Dobbs, Robert L. Russell, Roy G. Franklin, Russell C. Babcock and Jerry G. Pogue resigned his respective position as a member of the board of directors of the Company and any committee of the board, effective as of the closing of the merger.

~~Participants~~In inconnection with the ~~Solicitation~~Merger, each of Douglas Dobbs, Glenn Dobbs and Nichole Altenburg resigned from their respective positions as officers of the Company, effective as of the closing of the merger.

The Company, Hecla, and their respective directors and officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company’s stockholders with respect to the Merger described in the proxy statement/prospectus. A list of the names of Hecla’s directors and officers and a description of their interests in Hecla is contained in Hecla’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, which was filed with the SEC, and will also be contained in the registration statement on Form S-4 (and the proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed Merger) for the special meetings when available. A list of the names of the directors and officers of the Company and a description of their interests in the Company will be contained in the registration statement on Form S-4 (and will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed Merger) and the other relevant documents filed with the SEC.2

Item 9.01. – Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
Exhibit Number		Description
2.1	~~Amendment No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 29, 2016, between Mines Management, Inc., Hecla Mining Company, and HL Idaho Corp.~~	Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 23, 2016, by and among the Company, Hecla and Merger Sub. Previously filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 27, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference.
10.1	Amendment No. 1 to the Term Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of July 29, 2016 between Mines Management, Inc., Montanore Minerals Corp., Montmin Resources Corp., Montanore Minerals Wisconsin Corp., Newhi, Inc., and Hecla Mining Company.
2.2		Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 29, 2016, between the Company, Hecla and Merger Sub. Previously filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 6, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference.
2.3		Amendment No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 29, 2016, between the Company, Hecla and Merger Sub. Previously filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 4, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference.

3SIGNATURE

~~SIGNATURE~~Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

~~Pursuant~~MINES ~~to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934~~MANAGEMENT, ~~the~~INC. ~~registrant~~By: ~~has~~/s/ ~~duly~~Luther ~~caused~~J. ~~this~~Russell ~~report~~Luther toJ. beRussell ~~signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~President

~~Date~~Dated: ~~August 4~~September 14, 2016

~~Mines Management, Inc. By: /s/ Glenn M. Dobbs Glenn M. Dobbs Chief Executive Officer~~3

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
2.1		Amendment No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 29, 2016, between Mines Management, Inc., Hecla Mining Company, and HL Idaho Corp.
10.1		Amendment No. 1 to the Term Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of July 29, 2016 between Mines Management, Inc., Montanore Minerals Corp., Montmin Resources Corp., Montanore Minerals Wisconsin Corp., Newhi, Inc., and Hecla Mining Company.

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