Hecla Mining Company
Officers & Directors
Phillips S. Baker, Jr., has been our Chief Executive Officer since May 2003 and
a director since November 2001. Prior to that, Mr. Baker held a variety of other
positions with us starting in May 2001. Prior to joining us, Mr. Baker served
as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Battle Mountain Gold Company
(a gold mining company) from March 1998 to January 2001. Mr. Baker served as a
director of Questar Corporation (a U.S. natural gas-focused exploration and production,
interstate pipeline and local distribution company) from February 2004 to June
2010, and has served as a director for QEP Resources, Inc. (a natural gas and
oil exploration and production company) since May 2010. Mr. Baker has served as
Vice Chairman of the Board for the National Mining Association (a U.S. mining
advocate and national trade organization that represents the interests of mining
businesses) since October 2015, and has been a Board member since September 2010.
He has also served as a Board member of the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
(a federally-chartered non-profit national mining museum) since February 2012.
Lindsay A. Hall was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
in July 2016. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Hall was Chief Financial Officer of
Goldcorp Inc. (a leading gold producer) from April 2006 to March 2016 and also
Executive Vice President from March 2006 to March 2016. Mr. Hall served as Chief
Financial Officer and Executive Vice President for Placer Dome (a company engaged
in exploration, acquisition, development and operation of gold mineral properties)
from November 2005 to February 2006. He also served as Vice President and Treasurer
at Duke Energy Corporation (an electric power holding company) from July 2005
to October 2005.
Lawrence P. Radford was appointed Senior Vice President - Operations in July 2013,
and prior to that was Vice President - Operations from October 2011 to June 2013.
Prior to joining Hecla, Mr. Radford was Vice President of South American Operations
for Kinross Gold Corporation (gold mining operations) from April 2010 to September
2011. Mr. Radford held various other positions at Kinross from June 2007 to March
2010. He was General Manager for Barrick Gold Corporation at its Cowal operation
(a gold mining operation) in West Wyalong, NSW, Australia from January 2006 to
May 2007. Mr. Radford also held various positions with Barrick from 1990 to December
2005.
Dr. Dean W.A. McDonald was appointed Senior Vice President - Exploration in July
2013 and prior to that was Vice President - Exploration from August 2006 to June
2013. Prior to joining Hecla, Dr. McDonald was Vice President Exploration and
Business Development for Committee Bay Resource Ltd. (a Canadian-based exploration
and development company) from 2003 to August 2006. Dr. McDonald has also served
as a Director for Canamex Resources Corp. (a mineral exploration company) since
August 2013.
David C. Sienko was appointed Vice President and General Counsel in January 2010.
Prior to his appointment, Mr. Sienko was a partner with the law firm K&L Gates
LLP from 2004 to January 2010, where he specialized in securities, mergers and
acquisitions, and corporate governance. Mr. Sienko also was an attorney at the
law firm of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC from 2000 to 2004, at the law firm of Locke
Lord from 1998 to 2000, and at the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1995
to 1998.
Robert D. Brown was appointed Vice President - Corporate Development in January
2016, and prior to that was a consultant for Hecla from March 2015 to December
2015. Prior to joining Hecla, Mr. Brown was President of Septemus Consulting Ltd.
(a private consulting firm providing technical and corporate support for exploration,
development, and production companies) from October 2011 to December 2015. He
also served as a Vice President - Corporate Development for Fortuna Silver Mines
(a Canadian-based silver producing mining company) from May 2012 to October 2014,
and Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of Calibre Mining Corporation
(a Canadian-based exploration and mine development company) from March 2007 to
June 2011.
Ted Crumley has served as a director since 1995 and became Chairman of the Board
in May 2006. Mr. Crumley served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of OfficeMax Incorporated (a distributor of office products) from January
2005 until his retirement in December 2005, and as Senior Vice President from
November 2004 to January 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Crumley was Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer of Boise Cascade Corporation (a wood and paper company),
from 1994 to 2004.
Catherine “Cassie” J. Boggs has served as a director since January
2017. Ms. Boggs has been the General Counsel at Resource Capital Funds (a mining-focused
private equity firm) since January 2011. Prior to that, she served as Senior Vice
President, Corporate Development at Barrick Gold Corporation (a gold mining company)
from January 2009 to December 2010, and Vice President from July 2005 to 2008.
Ms. Boggs was also an international partner at Baker & McKenzie (a law firm)
from July 2001 to July 2005. She also served as a board member and President of
the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (a non-profit organization dedicated
to the study of laws and regulations relating to mining, oil and gas, energy,
public lands, water, environmental and international law) from July 2011 to July
2015.
George R. Johnson was appointed to Hecla’s board of directors in March 2016.
Mr. Johnson was Senior Vice President of Operations of B2Gold Corporation (a Canadian-based
gold producing company) from August 2009 until his retirement in May 2015. Mr.
Johnson also served as Senior Vice President of Russian Operations at Kinross
Gold Corporation (a senior gold mining company) from March 2007 to August 2009,
and Senior Vice President of Operations at Bema Gold Corporation (a gold producing
company) from October 1999 to March 2007. He has served on the Board of Directors
of B2Gold Corporation since March 2016.
George R. Nethercutt, Jr., was appointed to Heclas board of directors in February
2005. Mr. Nethercutt has served as Chairman of The George Nethercutt Foundation
(a non-profit student leadership and civics education charity), since 2005, and
was appointed Of Counsel to Lee & Hayes PLLC (a law firm) in September 2010.
He has been a board member of Washington Policy Center (a public policy organization
providing analysis on issues relating to the free market and government regulation)
since January 2005; board member of ARCADIS Corporation (an international company
providing consultancy, engineering and management services) since May 2005; and
Board of Chancellors, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (a charity
and advocate of juvenile diabetes research worldwide) since June 2001. He was
a principal of Nethercutt Consulting LLC (a strategic planning and consulting
firm) from January 2007 to January 2012, and served as a member of the board of
IP Street (a software company) from May 2001 to January 2015. He also served as
U.S. Chairman of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense - U.S./Canada from April
2005 to December 2009; Member, U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2005;
Member, Subcommittee on Interior, Agriculture and Defense Appropriations from
1995 to 2005; Member, Committee on Science and Energy from 1998 to 2005; and Vice
Chairman, Defense Subcommittee on Appropriations from 2000 to 2004.
Stephen F. Ralbovsky was appointed to Hecla’s board of directors in February
2016. Mr. Ralbovsky has been the founder and principal of Wolf Sky Consulting
LLC (a tax consulting firm) since June 2014. Prior to that, he was a partner with
(an accounting firm) from February 1987 until his retirement
in June 2014, where he concentrated his practice on public companies operating
in the mining industry. Mr. Ralbovsky previously served as an advisory board member
of Diocese of Phoenix Catholic Cemeteries and Mortuaries (a non-profit organization)
from July 2009 to July 2012. He is also a member of several organizations, including:
AICPA, Arizona Society of CPAs, National Mining Association, and Society for Mining,
Metallurgy and Exploration.
Charles B. Stanley was elected to Hecla’s board of directors in May 2007.
Mr. Stanley has been the Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of QEP
Resources, Inc. (a natural gas and oil exploration and production company) since
May 2010, and Chairman of QEPs board of directors since May 2012. He also served
as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of QEP Midstream
Partners, LP (a master limited partnership that owns, operates, acquires and develops
midstream energy assets) from May 2013 to December 2014. He served as Chief Operating
Officer of Questar Corporation (a U.S. natural gas-focused exploration and production,
interstate pipeline and local distribution company) from March 2008 to June 2010,
and also as its Executive Vice President and Director from February 2002 to June
2010.
Terry V. Rogers was elected to Hecla’s board of directors in May 2007. Mr.
Rogers was the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Cameco Corporation
(a uranium producer) from February 2003 until his retirement in June 2007. Mr.
Rogers also served as President of Kumtor Operating Company (a gold producing
company and a division of Cameco Corporation) from 1999 to 2003. He has also served
as a Director for Centerra Gold Inc. (a gold mining company) and its predecessor
company, Cameco Gold, since February 2003.
Dr. Anthony P. Taylor has served as a director since May 2002. Dr. Taylor has
been the President, CEO and Director of Selex Resources Ltd. (a private Ontario
Corporation engaged in mineral exploration) since January 2012. He previously
served as Executive Chairman and Director of Crown Gold Corporation (a public
Canadian minerals exploration company) from August 2010 to August 2012, and President,
CEO and Director of Gold Summit Corporation (a public Canadian minerals exploration
company) from October 2003 to August 2010. He has served as President and Director
of Caughlin Preschool Corporation (a private Nevada corporation that operates
a preschool) since October 2001.
Hecla Mining Company currently has 1865 employees.
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