issuer not involving any public offering, and were issued for the acquisition of the remaining 30% interest in the San Juan Silver project (see  Note 16  of  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  for information). We did not issue any unregistered securities in 2010; however, we did issue 604,555 and  631,832 shares of common stock on April 1 and July 1, 2010, respectively, as payment of the quarterly dividend on our formerly outstanding 6.5%  Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. The following performance graph compares the performance of our common stock during the period beginning December 31, 2007 and ending  December 31, 2012 to the S&P 500, the S&P 500 Gold Index, a peer group for the year ending December 31, 2012 (“New Peer Group”), and a peer  group for the year ending December 31, 2011. The New Peer Group consists of the following companies: Alamos Gold Inc., Allied Nevada Gold Corp.,  Centerra Gold, Inc., Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp., Eldorado Gold Corp., Golden Star Resources Ltd., IAMGOLD Corporation, New Gold Incorporation,  Pan American Silver Corp., Stillwater Mining Company. The Old Peer Group consists of the following companies: Alamos Gold Inc., Allied Nevada  Gold Corp., Aurico Gold Corp., Centerra Gold, Inc., Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp., Eldorado Gold Corp., Golden Star Resources Ltd., IAMGOLD  Corporation, New Gold Incorporation, Pan American Silver Corp., Stillwater Mining Company. The change in our 2012 peer group compared to the  2011 peer group was to add Aurico Gold Corp., to include an additional company that we have determined to be within an acceptable revenue range.  Total graph assumes a $100 investment in our common stock and in each of the indexes and peer groups since the beginning of the period, and a  reinvestment of dividends paid on such investments on a quarterly basis throughout the period. Comparison of 5 Year Cumulative Total Return among Hecla Mining Company, the S&P 500 Index, the S&P Gold Index, Old Peer Group, and the  New Peer Group: The stock performance information above is “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or subject to Rule 14A, shall not be  deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed  incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date of  this report and irrespective of any general incorporation by reference language in any such filing, except to the extent that it specifically incorporates  the information by reference. On May 8, 2012, we announced that our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program (“the program”). Under the program, we are  authorized to repurchase up to 20 million shares of our outstanding common stock from time to time in open market or privately negotiated  transactions. See  Note 9  of  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  for more information. All of the shares in the table below were purchased  under the program. The following table provides information about purchases we made during the quarter ended December 31, 2012 of equity  securities that are registered by us pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act: [ HL:10-K ] 19  Maximum number Total number of  of shares that may shares purchased  yet to be purchased  Total number of  Average  as part of publicly under the program Period shares purchased  price paid per share  announced programs  as of 12/31/2012  10/1/2012 – 10/31/2012  —  N/A  N/A  11/1/2012 – 11/30/2012  100,000  $  5.64  100,000  12/1/2012 – 12/31/2012  190,300  $ 5.69  190,300  Total 290,300  $ 5.67  290,300  19,649,700  S&P 500  2011 Old 2012 New Date  Hecla Mining  S&P 500  Gold Index Peer Group Peer Group December 2007 $ 100.00 $ 100.00 $ 100.00 $ 100.00 $ 100.00 December 2008 $ 29.95 $ 63.00 $ 84.18 $ 61.88 $ 62.29 December 2009 $ 66.10 $ 79.67 $ 98.72 $ 128.43 $ 129.03 December 2010 $ 120.43 $ 91.67 $ 129.29 $ 197.87 $ 192.98 December 2011 $ 56.11 $ 93.61 $ 128.40 $ 158.58 $ 155.61 December 2012 $ 63.29 $ 108.59 $ 102.20 $ 143.52 $ 141.99 $250 $200 $100 $0 12/07 12/08 12/09 12/10 12/11 12/12 Hecla Mining Company S&P 500 Gold S&P 500 Old Peer Group New Peer Group $150 $50