UNITED ~~STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, D.C. 20549~~STATES

~~FORM~~SECURITIES ~~8-K~~AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

~~CURRENT~~FORM ~~REPORT~~8-K

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

~~Date~~PURSUANT ofTO ~~Report~~SECTION 13 OR 15(~~Date~~D) ofOF ~~earliest~~THE ~~event~~SECURITIES ~~reported):~~EXCHANGE ~~February~~ACT ~~17,~~OF ~~2026~~1934

~~HECLA~~Date ~~MINING~~of ~~CO/DE/~~Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 18, 2026

HECLA MINING COMPANY (Exact name of ~~Registrant~~registrant as ~~Specified~~specified in ~~Its~~its ~~Charter~~charter)

Delaware	1-8491	77-0664171	~~1-8491~~	~~77-0664171~~
(State or Other Jurisdictionof Incorporation)			(Commission File Number)	(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
6500 North Mineral DriveSuite 200
Coeur D'Alene, Idaho				83815-9408
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)				(Zip Code)

~~Registrant’s~~6500 ~~Telephone~~North ~~Number~~Mineral Drive, ~~Including~~Suite ~~Area Code: (208) 769-4100~~200

~~(Former~~Coeur ~~Name or Former Address~~d'Alene, ifIdaho ~~Changed Since Last Report)~~83815-9408

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Title of each class	TradingSymbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share	HL	New York Stock Exchange
Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.25 per share	HL-PB	New York Stock Exchange

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~~Indicate~~☐ byPre-commencement ~~check~~communications ~~mark~~pursuant ~~whether~~to ~~the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in~~ Rule ~~405 of the Securities Act of 1933~~ 13e-4(~~§ 230.405 of this chapter~~c) orunder ~~Rule 12b-2 of~~ the ~~Securities~~ Exchange Act of(17 ~~1934~~CFR (§ 240.~~12b~~13e-~~2 of this chapter~~4(c). )

~~Emerging~~Securities ~~growth~~registered ~~company~~pursuant ☐to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share	HL	New York Stock Exchange
Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.25 per share	HL-PB	New York Stock Exchange

~~Item~~Indicate 2by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.02405 ~~Results~~of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of ~~Operations~~the ~~and~~Securities ~~Financial~~Exchange ~~Condition~~Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

OnEmerging ~~February~~growth ~~17,~~company 2026, Hecla Mining Company (the “Company”) issued a news release announcing the Company’s fourth quarter 2025 operating and financial results. The news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.☐

InIf ~~accordance~~an ~~with~~emerging ~~General~~growth ~~Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K~~company, ~~the~~indicate ~~information~~by incheck ~~this~~mark ~~Item~~if ~~2.02,~~the ~~including~~registrant ~~Exhibit~~has ~~99.1,~~elected ~~shall~~ not ~~be deemed~~ to beuse ~~“filed” for purposes of Section 18 of~~ the ~~Securities~~extended ~~Exchange~~transition ~~Act~~period offor ~~1934,~~complying aswith ~~amended~~any ~~(the~~new ~~“Exchange Act”),~~ or ~~otherwise~~revised ~~subject~~financial toaccounting ~~the~~standards ~~liability~~provided ofpursuant ~~that~~to ~~section,~~Section ~~and~~13(a) ~~shall not be incorporated by reference into any~~ of the ~~Company’s filings or other documents filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the~~ Exchange Act~~, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing~~. ☐

Item 85.0102 ~~Other~~– ~~Events~~Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

OnMr. ~~February~~Stephen ~~17,~~F. ~~2026,~~Ralbovsky has retired from the ~~Company~~Board ~~announced~~of itDirectors ~~would~~(“Board”) ~~pay~~of aHecla ~~dividend~~Mining onCompany ~~its~~(“Company” ~~shares~~or of“Hecla”) ~~common~~effective ~~stock~~February in19, 2026. At the ~~amount~~time of ~~$0.00375~~his retirement, toMr. ~~shareholders~~Ralbovsky ofserved ~~record~~ as Hecla’s Chair of ~~March~~the 9,Audit ~~2026,~~Committee ~~payable~~and ona ormember ~~about~~of ~~March~~the 24Company’s Health, ~~2026. In~~Safety, ~~addition~~Environmental toand ~~the~~Technical ~~common~~Committee ~~stock~~and ~~dividend,~~Governance ~~the~~and ~~Company~~Social ~~also~~Responsibility ~~announced~~Committee. itMr. ~~declared~~Ralbovsky had been a ~~dividend~~member of ~~$0.875~~Hecla’s onBoard ~~its~~since ~~Series~~2016. BMr. ~~Cumulative~~Ralbovsky ~~Convertible~~did ~~Preferred~~not ~~Stock~~advise tothe ~~shareholders~~Company of ~~record~~any asdisagreement ofwith ~~March~~the ~~16,~~Company ~~2026,~~on ~~payable~~any onmatter orrelating ~~about~~to ~~April~~its 1operations, ~~2026~~policies, or practices.

~~Item~~On 9February 19, 2026, Ms.01 ~~Financial~~Jill ~~Statements~~Satre was appointed as the Chair of the Company’s Audit Committee. She has served on the Audit Committee since her appointment to the Board in October 2024. Ms. Satre currently serves as Vice President Internal Audit & Corporate Compliance at TC Energy Corporation, where she provides strategic direction and ~~Exhibits~~oversight of corporate compliance programs, enterprise risk management, internal audit, and internal controls over financial reporting. Prior to joining TC Energy Corporation in March 2023, she was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she worked from 2000 to 2023. She holds a Chartered Professional Accountant designation in Alberta, Canada and is an inactive Certified Public Accountant in California, U.S. Ms. Satre also serves on the Company’s Governance and Social Responsibility Committee.

~~(d) Exhibits~~SIGNATURE

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		News Release, dated February 17, 2026.*
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).
		* Furnished herewith

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.

~~SIGNATURES~~HECLA MINING COMPANY By: /s/ David C. Sienko David C. Sienko Sr. Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

~~Pursuant~~Dated: toFebruary ~~the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934~~20, ~~the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~2026

			Hecla Mining Company
Date:	February 17, 2026	By:	/s/ David C. Sienko
			David C. Sienko Sr. Vice President & General Counsel

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