0000897101-08-001068 Sample Contracts

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG INDEPENDENCE LEAD MINES COMPANY, HECLA MINING COMPANY, and HECLA MERGER COMPANY Dated as of February__, 2008

Asset Purchase Agreement • May 12th, 2008 • Hecla Mining Co/De/ • Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals (no fuels) • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Asset Purchase Agreement
• Filed
  May 12th, 2008
• Company
  Hecla Mining Co/De/
• Industry
  Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals (no fuels)
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February __, 2008, by and among Independence Lead Mines Company, an Arizona corporation (the “Company”), Hecla Mining Company, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Hecla Merger Company, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned direct Subsidiary (as defined below) of Parent (“Buyer”). Each of Parent, Buyer and the Company are referred to herein as a “Party” and together as “Parties.”