Kitco News - Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) announced today that Phillips S. Baker Jr. is retiring, effective immediately. Current chair Catherine J. Boggs has been named interim president and CEO. “I would like to thank Phil for his years of service and valued contributions to Hecla and the silver industry overall. The Board will immediately begin a search for a new Chief Executive, and we are confident that we will find the right, highly qualified individual to lead Hecla,” said Boggs in a news release wh ...