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Exhibit 10.2(c)

          HECLA MINING COMPANY STOCK PLAN FOR NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
             as amended July 18, 2002 and February 25, 2004

     1. Name of Plan. This plan shall be known as the "Hecla Mining Company
Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors" and is hereinafter referred to as the
"Plan."

     2. Purpose of Plan. The purpose of the Plan is to enable Hecla Mining
Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), to attract and retain
qualified persons to serve as directors, to enhance the equity interest of
directors in the Corporation, and to solidify the common interests of its
directors and shareholders in enhancing the value of the Corporation's common
stock, par value $.25 per share (the "Common Stock"). The Plan seeks to
encourage the highest level of director performance by providing such directors
with a proprietary interest in the Corporation's performance and progress by
crediting them with Common Stock annually as part of their annual retainer.

     3. Effective Date and Term. The Plan shall be effective as of the date it
is approved by at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
present or represented and entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders of the
Corporation not later than May 30, 1995, and shall remain in effect until July
17, 2012.

     4. Eligible Participants. Each member of the Board from time to time who is
not a full-time employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries shall be
a participant ("Participant") in the Plan. Each credit of shares of Common Stock
pursuant to the Plan shall be evidenced by a written agreement duly executed and
delivered by or on behalf of the Corporation and a Participant, if such an
agreement is required by the Corporation to assure compliance with all
applicable laws and regulations.

     5. Credit of Shares. (a) Commencing May 30, 1995, as part of the retainer
payable to each Participant for service on the Board, each Participant shall
become entitled to receive shares of Common Stock subject to any applicable
restrictions set forth in Section 6 hereof. Subject to paragraph (b) below, each
Participant shall be credited each year for service on the Board with a number
of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing $10,000 by the average closing
price for the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange (or if not listed on
such exchange on any other national securities exchange on which the shares of
Common Stock are listed) for the prior calendar year (the "Stock Retainer"). The
Stock Retainer for each year shall be credited as of May 30 of each year during
the term of the Plan, commencing May 30, 1995.

     (b) Any person who becomes a nonemployee director following May 30 of any
year during the term of the Plan, whether by appointment or election as a
director or by change in status from a full-time employee, shall be credited, on
becoming a

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nonemployee director, as a portion of the compensation to be paid to such
Participant until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders, with a number of
shares of Common Stock equal to the product of the number of shares determined
pursuant to 5(b) above times a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
full weeks remaining until May 30 of the following year and the denominator of
which is 52; provided that no fractional shares shall be credited and the number
of shares of Common Stock to be credited pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall be
rounded up to the next whole number.

     6. Delivery of Shares. (a) All Stock Retainers credited to a Participant,
together with the "Dividend Equivalent Amount" (as defined in paragraph (c)
below) with respect thereto, shall be delivered to the Participant or the
Participant's estate or legal guardian on, or beginning on, the Delivery Date
(as defined in paragraph (b) below), in accordance with this Section 6.

     (b) The "Delivery Date" means the first date upon which one of the
following events occurs:

          (i)   Death of the Participant;

          (ii)  Disability of the Participant preventing continued service on
                the Board;

          (iii) Retirement of the Participant from service as a Director of the
                Corporation in accordance with the Corporation's By-Laws then in
                effect;

          (iv)  Cessation of service as a Director for any reason other than
                those specified in subsections (b)(i), (ii) and (iii) of this
                Section 6; or

          (v)   Change in Control (as hereinafter defined);

          (vi)  At anytime upon the election of any Participant provided that
                the delivery under such election shall be limited to that
                portion of the Stock Retainer and related Dividend Equivalent
                Amount credited to each Participant under the Plan for at least
                24 months prior to delivery.

     (c) The "Dividend Equivalent Amount" with respect to any Stock Retainer
means (i) the amount of cash, plus the fair market value as determined by the
Committee (as defined in Section 12) on the date of distribution of any
property, other than stock of the Corporation, plus (ii) any shares of stock of
the Corporation, in each case which the Participant would have received as
dividends or other distributions with respect to the Stock Retainer, if the
Stock Retainer had been delivered to the Participant at the time it was credited
to the Participant under this Plan, plus (iii) interest on the amount described
in clause (i) at a rate equal to the Corporation's cost of funds, from the date
or date(s)

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such dividends or other distributions would have been received through the date
the Stock Retainer is delivered.

     (d) If a Participant's Delivery Date is described in clause (iv) or clause
(v) of paragraph (b), all Stock Retainers and all Dividend Equivalent Amounts
with respect thereto shall be delivered at one time, as soon as practicable
after the Delivery Date. If a Participant's Delivery Date is described in clause
(i), clause (ii) or clause (iii) of paragraph (b), the Stock Retainers and the
Dividend Equivalent Amounts with respect thereto shall be delivered at one time,
as soon as practicable after the Delivery Date, unless the Participant has in
effect a valid Installment Delivery Election pursuant to paragraph (e) below to
have the Stock Retainers and Dividend Equivalent Amounts delivered in yearly
installments over five, ten or fifteen years (the "Applicable Delivery Period").
If the Participant does have in effect a valid Installment Delivery Election,
then the Stock Retainers, together with the Dividend Equivalent Amounts with
respect thereto, shall be delivered in equal yearly installments over the
Applicable Delivery Period, with the first such installment being delivered on
the first anniversary of the Delivery Date; provided, that if in order to
equalize such installments, fractional shares would have to be delivered, such
installments shall be adjusted by rounding to the nearest whole share; and
provided, further, that for purposes of determining the Dividend Equivalent
Amounts with respect to Stock Retainers being delivered in installments, Stock
Retainers shall be deemed to be distributed in the order they were credited to
the Participant (i.e., on a first-in, first-out (FIFO) basis). If any Stock
Retainers and Dividend Equivalent Amounts of a Participant are to be delivered
after the Participant has died or become legally incompetent, they shall be
delivered to the Participant's estate or legal guardian, as the case may be, in
accordance with the foregoing schedules; provided, that if the Participant dies
with a valid Installment Delivery Election in effect, and the legal
representatives of the Participant's estate so request, the Committee (as
defined in Section 12 below) may (but shall not be obligated to) deliver all
remaining undelivered Stock Retainers and Dividend Equivalent Amounts to the
Participant's estate immediately. References to the Participant in this Plan
shall be deemed to refer to the Participant's estate or legal guardian, where
appropriate.

     (e) An Installment Delivery Election means a written election by a
Participant, on such form as may be prescribed by the Committee (as defined in
Section 12 below), to receive delivery of Stock Retainers and Dividend
Equivalent Amounts in installments over a period of five, ten or fifteen years,
as more fully described in paragraph (d) above. Once made, an Installment
Delivery Election may be superseded by another Installment Delivery Election or
revoked in writing by a Participant. However, in order for any initial or
superseding Installment Delivery Election or revocation thereof to be valid, it
must be received by the Committee (i) before a Delivery Date described in clause
(i) of paragraph (b) above, (ii) at least one year before a Delivery Date
described in clause (ii) of paragraph (b) above, and (iii) at least three years
before a Delivery Date described in clause (iii) of paragraph (b) above. In the
case of multiple Installment Delivery Elections and/or revocations by any
Participant, the most recent valid Installment Delivery Election or revocation
in effect as of the Delivery Date shall be controlling.

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     (f) The Corporation may, but shall not be required to, create a grantor
trust or utilize an existing grantor trust (in either case, the "Trust") to
assist it in accumulating the shares, cash and other property needed to fulfill
its obligations under this Section 6. On each date when a Stock Retainer is
credited to a Participant, the Corporation shall contribute such Stock Retainer
to the Trust. However, Participants shall have no beneficial or other interest
in the Trust and the assets thereof, and their rights under the Plan shall be as
general creditors of the Corporation, unaffected by the existence or
nonexistence of the Trust, except that deliveries of Stock Retainers and
payments of cash and other property to Participants from the Trust shall, to the
extent thereof, be treated as satisfying the Corporation's obligations under
this Section 6.

     7. Share Certificates; Voting and Other Rights. The certificates for shares
delivered to a Participant or the trustee of the Trust, if any (the "Trustee"),
pursuant to Section 6 above shall be issued in the name of the Participant or
the Trustee, as the case may be, and the Participant or the Trustee, as the case
may be, shall be entitled to all rights of a shareholder with respect to Common
Stock for all such shares issued in his name, including the right to vote the
shares, and the Participant or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall receive
all dividends and other distributions paid or made with respect thereto.

     8. Change in Control. A "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have
occurred if any of the following events shall have happened:

     (i)  An acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning
          of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of
          1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) (a "Person") of beneficial
          ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the
          Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (1) the then outstanding shares
          of Common Stock of the Corporation (the "Outstanding Corporation
          Common Stock") or (2) the combined voting power of the then
          outstanding voting securities of the Corporation entitled to vote
          generally in the election of directors (the "Outstanding Corporation
          Voting Securities"); excluding, however, the following: (1) Any
          acquisition directly from the Corporation, other than an acquisition
          by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege unless the
          security being so converted was itself acquired directly from the
          Corporation, (2) Any acquisition by the Corporation, (3) Any
          acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored
          or maintained by the Corporation or any corporation controlled by the
          Corporation, or (4) Any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a
          transaction which complies with clauses (1), (2) and (3) of subsection
          (iii) of this Section 8; or

     (ii) A change in the composition of the Board such that the individuals
          who, as of the effective date of the Plan, constitute the Board (such
          Board shall be

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          hereinafter referred to as the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason
          to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided however, for
          purposes of this Section 8, that any individual who becomes a member
          of the Board subsequent to the effective date of the Plan, whose
          election, or nomination for election by the Corporation's
          shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of those
          individuals who are members of the Board and who were also members of
          the Incumbent Board (or deemed to be such pursuant to this proviso)
          shall be considered as though such individual was a member of the
          Incumbent Board; but, provided further, that any such individual whose
          initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or
          threatened election contest (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of
          Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or
          threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a
          Person other than the Board shall not be so considered as a member of
          the Incumbent Board; or

    (iii) The consummation by the shareholders of the Corporation of a
          reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition
          of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation
          ("Corporate Transaction") or, if consummation of such Corporate
          Transaction is subject, at the time of such approval by shareholders,
          to the consent of any government or governmental agency, obtaining of
          such consent (either explicitly or implicitly by consummation);
          excluding however, such a Corporate Transaction pursuant to which (1)
          all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who are the
          beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Corporation Common
          Stock and Outstanding Corporation Voting Securities immediately prior
          to such Corporate Transaction will beneficially own, directly or
          indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the outstanding shares of
          common stock, and the combined voting power of the then outstanding
          voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of
          directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such
          Corporate Transaction (including, without limitation, a corporation
          which as a result of such transaction owns the Corporation or all or
          substantially all of the Corporation's assets either directly or
          through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same
          proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Corporate
          Transaction, of the Outstanding Corporation Common Stock and
          Outstanding Corporation Voting Securities, as the case may be, (2) no
          Person (other than the Corporation, any employee benefit plan (or
          related trust) of the Corporation or such corporation resulting from
          such Corporate Transaction) will beneficially own, directly or
          indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the outstanding shares of
          common stock of the corporation resulting from such Corporate
          Transaction or the combined voting power of the outstanding voting
          securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the
          election of directors except to the extent that such ownership existed
          prior to the Corporate Transaction and (3)

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          individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board will constitute at
          least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the
          corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction; or

     (iv) The approval by the shareholders of the Corporation of a complete
          liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.

     9. General Restrictions. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Plan or agreements made pursuant thereto, the Corporation shall not be required
to issue or deliver any certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock
under the Plan prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:

         (i)   Listing or approval for listing upon notice of issuance of such
               shares on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., or such other
               securities exchange as may at the time be the principal market
               for the Common Stock;

         (ii)  Any registration or other qualification of such shares of the
               Corporation under any state or federal law or regulation, or
               maintaining in effect any such registration or other
               qualification which the Committee shall, in its absolute
               discretion upon the advice of counsel, deem necessary or
               advisable; and

         (iii) Obtaining any other consent, approval, or permit from any state
               or federal governmental agency which the Committee shall, in its
               absolute discretion after receiving the advice of counsel,
               determine to be necessary or advisable.

     (b) Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Corporation from
adopting other or additional compensation arrangements for the Participants.

     10. Shares Available. Subject to Section 11 below, the maximum number of
shares of Common Stock which may be credited as Stock Retainers pursuant to the
Plan is 1,000,000. Shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan shall be taken
from authorized but unissued shares or from treasury shares of the Corporation
as shall from time to time be necessary for issuance pursuant to the Plan.

     11. Change in Capital Structure. In the event of any change in the Common
Stock by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares,
exchange of shares, warrants or rights offering to purchase Common Stock at a
price below its fair market value, reclassification, recapitalization, merger,
consolidation or other change in capitalization, appropriate adjustment shall be
made by the Committee (as defined in Section 12 below) in the number and kind of
shares subject to the Plan and any other relevant provisions of the Plan, whose
determination shall be binding and conclusive on all persons.

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     12. Administration; Amendment. (a) The Plan shall be administered by a
committee consisting of the Chief Executive Officer, the Treasurer, the
Controller, and the General Counsel of the Corporation (the "Committee"), which
shall have full authority to construe and interpret the Plan, to establish,
amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, and to take all
such actions and make all such determinations in connection with the Plan as it
may deem necessary or desirable.

     (b) The Board may from time to time make such amendments to the Plan as it
may deem proper and in the best interest of the Corporation without further
approval of the Corporation's shareholders, provided that to the extent required
to qualify transactions under the Plan for exemption under Rule 16b-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act ("Rule 16b-3"), no amendment to the Plan
shall be adopted without further approval of the Corporation's shareholders in
the manner prescribed in Section 3 hereof and, provided further, that if and to
the extent required for the Plan to comply with Rule 16b-3, no amendment to the
Plan shall be made more than once in any six-month period that would change the
amount, price or timing of the grants of Common Stock hereunder other than to
comport with changes in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the regulations
thereunder.

     (c) The Board may terminate the Plan at any time.

     (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, neither the Board nor
the Committee shall be authorized to exercise any discretion with respect to the
selection of persons eligible to receive grants under the Plan or concerning the
amount or timing of grants under the Plan.

     13. Miscellaneous. (a) Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to create any
obligation on the part of the Board to nominate any director for reelection by
the Corporation's shareholders or to limit the rights of the shareholders to
remove any director.

     (b) The Corporation shall have the right to require, prior to the issuance
or delivery of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Plan, payment by a
Participant of any taxes required by law with respect to the issuance or
delivery of such shares.

     14. Governing Law. The Plan and all actions taken thereunder shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

                                       7Exhibit 10.4

                            INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
                             DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

     THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into this 14th day of December 2004, by and
between HECLA MINING COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), and
ARTHUR BROWN (the "Indemnitee").

     WHEREAS, it is essential for the Corporation to attract and retain
competent and experienced persons as directors or officers of publicly held
corporations, which is difficult to do unless they are provided with adequate
protection against claims and actions against them for their activities on
behalf of such corporations, generally through insurance and indemnification;
and

     WHEREAS, uncertainties in the interpretation of the statutes, regulations,
case law and public policies relating to indemnification of corporate directors
and officers are such as to make adequate, reliable assessment of the risks to
which directors and officers of publicly held corporations may be exposed
difficult, particularly in light of the proliferation of lawsuits against
directors and officers; and

     WHEREAS, the adoption of new statutes, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and
related rules of the New York Stock Exchange have imposed new duties on
corporate directors and officers of public companies; and

     WHEREAS, both the Corporation and the Indemnitee recognize the increased
risk of litigation and other claims being asserted against directors and
officers of public companies in today's environment; and

     WHEREAS, basic protection against undue risk of personal liability of
directors and officers heretofore has been provided through insurance coverage
and the Indemnitee has relied on the availability of such coverage; but as a
result of substantial changes in the marketplace for such insurance, it has
become increasingly more difficult to obtain such insurance on terms providing
reasonable protection at reasonable cost; and

     WHEREAS, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Corporation
require the Corporation to indemnify and advance expenses to its directors and
officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law
and authorizes the Corporation to enter into contracts of indemnification, and
the Indemnitee has been serving and is willing to continue to serve as a
director or officer, or both, of the Corporation in part in reliance thereon;
and

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     WHEREAS, in recognition of the Indemnitee's need for substantial protection
against personal liability in order to enhance the Indemnitee's continued
service to the Corporation in an effective manner and any inadequacy of the
Corporation's director and officer liability insurance coverage, and to provide
the Indemnitee with the additional assurance resulting from a specific
indemnification contract as authorized by the Certificate of Incorporation and
By-laws (including the additional assurance that the promised protection will be
available to the Indemnitee regardless of, among other things, any change in the
composition of the Corporation's Board of Directors or any acquisition
transaction relating to the Corporation), the Corporation wishes to provide in
this Agreement specific provisions for the indemnification of, and the advancing
of expenses to, the Indemnitee to the full extent permitted by law and as set
forth in this Agreement and, to the extent insurance is maintained, for the
continued coverage of the Indemnitee under the Corporation's directors' and
officers' liability insurance policies;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the Indemnitee's
continuing to serve the Corporation directly, or, at its request, with another
enterprise, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree
as follows:

1.   Certain Definitions:

     (a) Change in Control: shall be deemed to have occurred if: (i) any
"person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than a trustee or other fiduciary
holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Corporation or a
corporation, owned directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the
Corporation in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of
the Corporation, is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3
under said Act), directly or indirectly, or securities of the Corporation
representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Corporation's then
outstanding Voting Securities; or (ii) during any period of two consecutive
years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of
Directors of the Corporation and any new director whose election by the Board of
Directors or nomination for election by the Corporation's shareholders was
approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in
office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose
election or nomination for election was previously so approved cease for any
reason to constitute a majority thereof; or (iii) the shareholders of the
Corporation approve a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other
corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the
Voting Securities of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior thereto
continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted
into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the combined
voting power of the Voting

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Securities of the Corporation or such surviving entity outstanding immediately
after such merger or consolidation, or (iv) the shareholders of the Corporation
approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Corporation or an agreement for
the sale or disposition by the Corporation of all or substantially all the
Corporation's assets.

     (b) Claim: any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or
proceeding or any inquiry or investigation, whether conducted by the Corporation
or any other party, that the Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the
institution of any such action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal
administrative, investigative, or other.

     (c) Expenses: include attorneys' fees and all other costs, expenses, and
obligations paid or incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being
a witness in, or participating in (including on appeal) or preparing to defend,
or participate in, any Claim relating to any Indemnifiable Event.

     (d) Indemnifiable Event: any event or occurrence related to the fact that
the Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, agent, or fiduciary of
the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee, trustee, agent, or fiduciary of another
corporation, company, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust,
or other enterprise or by reason of anything done or not done by the Indemnitee
in any such capacity.

     (e) Potential Change in Control: shall be deemed to have occurred if (i)
the Corporation enters into an agreement, the consummation of which would result
in the occurrence of a Change in Control; (ii) any person (including the
Corporation) publicly announces an intention to take or to consider taking
actions, which if consummated, would constitute a Change in Control; (iii) any
person, other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an
employee benefit plan of the Corporation or a corporation owned, directly or
indirectly, by the shareholders of the Corporation in substantially the same
proportions as their ownership of stock of the Corporation, who is or becomes
the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation
representing 9.5% or more of the combined voting power of the Corporation's then
outstanding Voting Securities increases his or her beneficial ownership of such
securities by 5% or more over the percentage so owned by such person on the date
hereof; or (iv) the Board adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes
of this Agreement, a Potential Change in Control has occurred.

     (f) Reviewing Party: any appropriate person or body consisting of a member
or members of the Corporation's Board of Directors or any other person or body
appointed by the Board (including the special, independent counsel referred to
in Section 3) who is not a party to the particular Claim for which the
Indemnitee is seeking indemnification.

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     (g) Voting Securities: any securities of the Corporation which vote
generally in the election of directors.

2.   Basic Indemnification Arrangement.

     (a) In the event the Indemnitee was, is, or becomes a party to or witness
or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or
other participant in, a Claim by reason of (or arising in part out of) an
Indemnifiable Event, the Corporation shall indemnify the Indemnitee to the
fullest extent permitted by law as soon as practicable, but in any event no
later than 30 days after written demand is presented to the Corporation, against
any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, and amounts paid in
settlement (including all interest, assessments, and other charges paid or
payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines,
penalties, or amounts paid in settlement) of such Claim. Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, prior to a Change in Control, the
Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement
in connection with any Claim initiated by the Indemnitee against the Corporation
or any director or officer of the Corporation unless the Corporation has joined
in or consented to the initiation of such Claim. If so requested by the
Indemnitee, the Corporation shall advance (within two business days of such
request) any and all Expenses to the Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance").

     (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Corporation
under Section 2(a) hereof shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing
Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the
special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that
the Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law;
and (ii) the obligation of the Corporation to make an Expense Advance pursuant
to Section 2(a) hereof shall be subject to the condition that, if, when, and to
the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that the Indemnitee would not be
permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Corporation shall be
entitled to be reimbursed by the Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the
Corporation) for all such amounts theretofore paid, provided, however, that if
the Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent
jurisdiction to secure a determination that the Indemnitee should be indemnified
under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that the
Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall
not be binding and the Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the
Corporation for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made
with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been
exhausted or lapsed); provided, however, that the entry of a guilty plea by an
Indemnitee shall be deemed to be a final judicial determination, regardless of
whether a sentence has been imposed. If there has not been a Change in

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Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if
there has been such a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the
special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been
no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines
that the Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in
whole or in part under applicable law, the Indemnitee shall have the right to
commence litigation in any court in the states of Idaho or Delaware having
subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an
initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the
Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Corporation hereby consents to
service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by
the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Corporation
and the Indemnitee.

3.   Change in Control. The Corporation agrees that if there is a Change in
     Control of the Corporation (other than a Change in Control which has been
     approved by a majority of the Corporation's Board of Directors who were
     directors immediately prior to such Change in Control), then with respect
     to all matters thereafter rising concerning the rights of the Indemnitee to
     indemnity payments and Expense Advances under this agreement or any other
     agreement or Corporation By-Law now or hereafter in effect relating to
     Claims for Indemnifiable Events, the Corporation shall seek legal advice
     only from special, independent counsel selected by the Indemnitee and
     approved by the Corporation (which approval shall not be unreasonably
     withheld) ("Approved Counsel"). The Approved Counsel shall (i) be located
     in Chicago, Illinois or New York City; (ii) consist of 100 or more
     attorneys; (iii) be rated "a v" by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory; and
     (iv) shall not otherwise have performed services for the Corporation within
     the last ten years (other than in connection with such matters) or the
     Indemnitee. The Approved Counsel may consult with counsel admitted to the
     bar in the state of Delaware in connection with all matters arising
     hereunder. Such Approved Counsel, among other things, shall render its
     written opinion to the Corporation and the Indemnitee as to whether and to
     what extent the Indemnitee would be permitted to be indemnified under
     applicable law. The Corporation agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the
     Approved Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel
     against any and all expenses (including attorneys' fees), claims,
     liabilities, and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or
     its engagement pursuant hereto.

4.   Establishment of Trust. In the event of a Potential Change in Control, the
     Corporation shall, upon written request by the Indemnitee, create a Trust
     for the benefit of the Indemnitee and from time to time upon written
     request of the Indemnitee shall fund such Trust to the extent permitted by
     law in an amount sufficient to satisfy any and all Expenses reasonably

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     anticipated at the time of each such request to be incurred in connection
     with investigating, preparing for, and defending any Claim relating to an
     Indemnifiable Event, and any and all judgments, fines, penalties, and
     settlement amounts of any and all Claims relating to an Indemnifiable Event
     from time to time actually paid or claimed, reasonably anticipated, or
     proposed to be paid. The amount or amounts to be deposited in the Trust
     pursuant to the foregoing funding obligation shall be determined by the
     Reviewing Party in any case in which the special, independent counsel
     referred to above is involved. The terms of such Trust shall provide that
     upon a Change in Control (i) the Trust shall not be revoked or the
     principal thereof invaded, without written consent of the Indemnitee; (ii)
     the Trustee shall advance, within two business days of a request by the
     Indemnitee, any and all Expenses to the Indemnitee (and the Indemnitee
     hereby agrees to reimburse the Corporation under Section 2(b) hereof);
     (iii) the Trust shall continue to be funded by the Corporation in
     accordance with the funding obligation set forth above; (iv) the Trustee
     shall promptly pay to the Indemnitee all amounts for which the Indemnitee
     shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement or
     otherwise; and (v) all unexpended funds in such Trust shall revert to the
     Corporation upon a final determination by the Reviewing Party or a court of
     competent jurisdiction, as the case may be, that the Indemnitee has been
     fully indemnified under the terms of this Agreement. The Trustee shall be
     chosen by the Indemnitee. Nothing in this Section 4 shall relieve the
     Corporation of any of its obligations under this Agreement.

5.   Indemnification for Additional Expenses. The Corporation shall indemnify
     the Indemnitee against any and all expenses (including attorneys' fees)
     and, if requested by the Indemnitee, shall (within two business days of
     such request) advance such expenses to the Indemnitee, which are incurred
     by the Indemnitee in connection with any claim asserted against or action
     brought by the Indemnitee for (i) indemnification or advance payment of
     Expenses by the Corporation under this Agreement or any other agreement or
     Corporation By-Law now or hereafter in effect relating to Claims for
     Indemnifiable Events and/or (ii) recovery under any directors' and
     officers' liability insurance policies maintained by the Corporation,
     regardless of whether the Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be
     entitled to such indemnification, advance expense payment, or insurance
     recovery, as the case may be; provided, however, that the Corporation shall
     have no obligation to indemnify the Indemnitee with respect to a claim or
     action under subsections (i) or (ii) hereof if such claim or action relates
     to a proceeding to which the Indemnitee has entered a guilty plea.

6.   Partial Indemnity, Etc. If the Indemnitee is entitled under any provision
     of this Agreement to indemnification by the Corporation for some or a
     portion of the Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, and amounts paid in
     settlement of a Claim but not, however, for all of the total amount
     thereof,

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     the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee for the portion
     thereof to which the Indemnitee is entitled. Moreover, notwithstanding any
     other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that the Indemnitee has
     been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Claim relating
     in whole or in part to an Indemnifiable Event or in defense of any issue or
     matter therein, including dismissal without prejudice, the Indemnitee shall
     be indemnified against all Expenses incurred in connection therewith. In
     connection with any determination by the Reviewing Party or otherwise as to
     whether the Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified hereunder, the burden
     of proof shall be on the Corporation to establish that the Indemnitee is
     not so entitled.

7.   No Presumption. For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any
     claim, action, suit, or proceeding, by judgment, order, settlement (whether
     with or without court approval), or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
     equivalent, shall not create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not meet
     any particular standard of conduct or have any particular belief or that a
     court has determined that indemnification is not permitted by applicable
     law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entry by the Indemnitee of a plea
     of guilty shall indicate that the Indemnitee did not meet the standard of
     conduct entitling the Indemnitee to indemnification hereunder.

8.   Nonexclusivity, Etc. The rights of the Indemnitee hereunder shall be in
     addition to any other rights the Indemnitee may have under the
     Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws or the Delaware
     General Corporation Law or otherwise. To the extent that a change in the
     Delaware General Corporation Law (whether by statute or judicial decision)
     permits greater indemnification by agreement than would be afforded
     currently under the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws
     of this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that the
     Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded
     by such change.

9.   Liability Insurance. To the extent the Corporation maintains an insurance
     policy or policies providing directors' and officer's liability insurance,
     the Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies, in accordance
     with its or their terms, to the maximum extent of the coverage available
     for any Corporation director or officer.

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10.  Period of Limitations. No legal action shall be brought, and no cause of
     action shall be asserted by or on behalf of the Corporation or any
     affiliate of the Corporation against the Indemnitee, the Indemnitee's
     spouse, heirs, executors, or personal or legal representatives after the
     expiration of two years from the date of accrual of such cause of action,
     and any claim or cause of action of the Corporation or its affiliate shall
     be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing of
     a legal action within such two-year period, provided, however, that if any
     shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of
     action, such shorter period shall govern.

11.  Amendments, Etc. No supplement, modification, or amendment of this
     Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the
     parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall
     be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof
     (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing
     waiver.

12.  Subrogation. In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Corporation
     shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of
     recovery of the Indemnitee against any third party and the Indemnitee shall
     execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary
     to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary
     to enable the Corporation effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

13.  No Duplication of Payments. The Corporation shall not be liable under this
     Agreement to make any payment in connection with any claim made against the
     Indemnitee to the extent the Indemnitee has otherwise actually received
     payment (under any insurance policy, By-Law, or otherwise) of the amounts
     otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.

14.  Binding Effect, Etc. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
     benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective
     successors, assigns, including any direct or indirect successor by
     purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise to all or substantially all
     of the business and/or assets of the Corporation, spouses, heirs, and
     personal and legal representatives. This Agreement shall continue in effect
     regardless of whether the Indemnitee continues to serve as an officer or
     director of the Corporation or of any other enterprise at the Corporation's
     request.

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15.  Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable in the
     event that any of the provisions hereto (including any provision within a
     single section, paragraph or sentence) are held by a court of competent
     jurisdiction to be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, and the
     remaining provisions shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent
     permitted by law.

16.  Notice to the Corporation by Indemnitee. The Indemnitee agrees to promptly
     notify the Corporation in writing upon being served with any citation,
     complaint, indictment or other document covered hereunder, either civil or
     criminal.

17.  Notices. All notices, requests, demand and other communications hereunder
     shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (i)
     delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or
     other communication shall have been directed or if (ii) mailed by certified
     or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after
     the date on which it is so mailed:

     (a)  If to the Indemnitee:

          Arthur Brown
          P.O. Box 1290
          Hayden Lake, ID  83835

     (b)  If to the Corporation:

               Hecla Mining Company
               6500 N. Mineral Drive, Suite 200
               Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815-9408
               Attn:  Corporate Secretary

18.  Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
     enforced in accordance with the laws of the state of Delaware applicable to
     contracts made and to be performed in such state without giving effect to
     the principles of conflicts of laws.

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19.  Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between
     the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supercedes all
     prior agreements, whether written or oral, regarding the subject matter
     hereof. Any prior written agreement is hereby cancelled and terminated.

     ENTERED into as of the day and year first above written.

INDEMNITEE:                                   HECLA MINING COMPANY

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ARTHUR BROWN                                  Phillips S. Baker, Jr.
Chairman of the Board                         President and CEO

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