HECLA Mining CEO Phil Baker to Appear Live on Corporate Strategies with Tim Connolly" Sunday, September 19th at 9:10 PM EDT

HECLA Mining (NYSE:HL HECLA Mining) (www.hecla-mining.com) CEO Phil Baker to Appear Live on Corporate Strategies with Tim Connolly" Sunday, September 19th at 9:10 PM EDT.

HOUSTON, TX (PRWEB) September 19, 2004 -- Listeners may call in questions live and toll free to Phil Baker or Tim Connolly at 1-866-606-TALK (8255). Recent guest have included Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG) Chairman and CEO John W. Jackson, Landrys (NYSE: LNY) Chairman and CEO Tilman Fertitta and many others. The Business Talk Radio Network Show may be heard on KSEV AM 700 in Houston, on over 375 affiliate stations nationwide listed at CRN1 www.cableradionetwork.com, or on the Internet at www.businesstalkradio.net. This hour of Corporate Strategies with Tim Connolly" is hosted by Tim Connolly of Corporate Strategies Merchant Bankers (www.corporate-strategies.net). Noted Economist Mike King of Princeton Research provides live technical analysis for the show.

About Hecla Mining: Hecla Mining Company is a 113-year old precious metals company engaged in the exploration, development, mining and processing of silver, gold, lead and zinc. The Company is organized and managed primarily on the basis of its products being produced from its operating units, which, during 2003, included three primary silver operations, the San Sebastian unit in Mexico, the Greens Creek unit in Alaska and the Lucky Friday unit in Idaho, and one gold operation, the La Camorra unit in Venezuela. Hecla produces both metal concentrates, which it sells to custom smelters on contract, and unrefined gold and silver bullion bars, which are further, refined before sale to metals traders. Hecla recently announced that on-site work had begun at its Hollister Development project in northern Nevada. The Hollister Block project is a venture with Great Basin Gold.

Corporate Strategies with Tim Connolly" is live talk radio…with the Titans of Business who move financial markets! The show is hosted by Tim Connolly, CEO of Merchant Banker Corporate Strategies, Inc. The Executive Producer of the show is broadcast news veteran Jan Carson, an award winning journalist with more than 20 years experience as a top rated television news anchor and reporter for NBC, ABC and CBS network affiliates. Corporate Strategies with Tim Connolly" features financial experts from across the nation providing the latest intelligence on equities, income investments, and a variety of risk, equity and option strategies. Recent guests have included Mario Gabelli, former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt, former Compaq CEO Eckard Pfeiffer, Money Manager Louis Navellier, and many others.

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Hecla Mining Company
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