Notice of Hearing: In the Matter of Hecla Mining Company

IN THE MATTER OF THE SECURITIES ACT,
R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5, AS AMENDED

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IN THE MATTER OF HECLA MINING COMPANY

NOTICE OF HEARING
(Sections 104 and 127 of the Act and Rule 13 of the Ontario Securities Commission Rules of Procedure (2014), 37 O.S.C.B. 4168)

TAKE NOTICE that the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) will hold a hearing pursuant to sections 104 and 127 of the Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5, as amended (the “Act”) at the offices of the OSC located at 20 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ontario in Hearing Room A commencing on July 20, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) or as soon thereafter as the hearing can be held;

AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the hearing will be a simultaneous hearing in conjunction with the British Columbia Securities Commission (the “BCSC”) in accordance with Rule 13 of the OSC’s Rules of Procedure (2014), 37 O.S.C.B. 4168;

TO CONSIDER applications filed with the OSC and BCSC by Hecla Mining Company in connection with a private placement by Dolly Varden Silver Corporation.

Dated at Toronto this 18th day of July, 2016.