Questar Corp.

Terry V. Rogers was elected to Hecla’s Board of Directors in May 2007. Mr. Rogers has been Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Cameco Corporation (world’s largest uranium producer) since 2003. Mr. Rogers also served as President of Kumtor Operating Company (a gold producing company and a division of Cameco Corporation) from 1999 to 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Rogers was Managing Director – Technical of MIBRAG mbH (a brown coal producing company) from 1997 to 1999; President of Jerooy Gold Company (a division of MK Gold Company) from 1989 to 1997 and General Manager of American Girl Mining (a joint venture 50% owned by MK Gold Company) from 1989 to 1994.

Mr. Keith O. Rattie serves as the Company's chairman, president and chief executive officer. He has served as a director since 2001. He was named president effective February 1, 2001, chief executive officer May 1, 2002, and chairman May 20, 2003. He also serves as a director of ENSCO International, and Zions First National Bank. He is the past chairman of the Board of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America.

Mr. Bruce A. Williamson is the chairman, chief executive officer and president of Dynegy Inc. Mr. Williamson was named Dynegy's president and chief executive officer and elected to that company's board of directors in October 2002, and elected chairman in May 2004. Mr. Williamson has served on Questar's board of directors since 2006.

Mr. Gary G. Michael has been a director of the Company since 1994. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of Albertsons, Inc. from February 1991 to April 2001. He served as interim president of the University of Idaho from June 2003 until August 2004. He is a director of Idacorp Inc. and The Clorox Company.

Mr. Harris H. Simmons is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Zions Bancorporation and chairman of the Board of Zions First National Bank. Mr. Simmons has served as a director of the Company since 1992. He also serves as a director of O. C. Tanner Company and National Life Holding Company.

Mr. James A. Harmon was reappointed to serve as a Questar director in 2001 after serving as chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. He previously served as a director of the Company from 1976 to 1997. He currently is chairman of a financial advisory firm, Harmon & Co. LLC, and is also chairman of the Caravel Fund (International) Ltd., an emerging-markets fund. Mr. Harmon is also the chairman of the World Resources Institute, a global policy and research institution. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, and the Center for Global Development.

Mr. L. Richard Flury retired as chief executive, Gas and Power for BP plc on December 31, 2001. He had served in that position from January 1999 to his retirement. Prior to working for BP plc and BP Amoco plc, Mr. Flury held a number of key management positions with Amoco Corp., including chief executive for worldwide exploration and production. He was first elected to Questar's Board in 2002. Mr. Flury also serves as a director of Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, N.V., and Callon Petroleum Company.

Mr. M. W. Scoggins has served as president of the Colorado School of Mines since June 2006. He retired as executive vice president of ExxonMobil Production Company in April 2004. He held that position from December 1999 until his retirement. He was first appointed to the Questar Board in 2005. He also serves as a director of Trico Marine Services, Inc. and Venoco, Inc., and is a member of the National Advisory Council of the United States Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Phillips S. Baker, Jr., has been our Chief Executive Officer since May 2003; President since November 2001; and a director since November 2001. Prior to that, Mr. Baker was our Chief Financial Officer from May 2001 to June 2003; Chief Operating Officer from November 2001 to May 2003; and Vice President from May 2001 to November 2001. Prior to joining us, Mr. Baker served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Battle Mountain Gold Company (a mining company) from March 1998 to January 2001 and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pegasus Gold Corporation from January 1994 to January 1998. Mr. Baker also serves as a director for Questar Corporation (a Utah natural gas, pipeline and exploration and development company).

Cash has been on the Zions Bancorporation board of directors since 1989. He was Questar Corporation's chief executive officer from 1984 to 2002 and was chairman of the board from 1985 to 2003. Cash was also president of Questar from 1984 to 2001. He has been a director of Questar since 1977 and also serves on the boards of National Fuel Gas Company, TODCO, Associated Electric and Gas Insurance Services Limited, and Texas Tech Foundation, Inc., and is a former director of Zions First National Bank, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Salt Lake City branch), and Energen Corporation. Cash received a B.S. from Texas Tech University.

Mr. Robert E. McKee, III has served as a director of the company since 2003. He was a senior oil advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Oil Ministry in Iraq to assist with the rebuilding of its oil industry from September 1, 2003, to March 18, 2004. He retired on March 31, 2003, after 37 years with ConocoPhillips and Conoco, Inc., including 10 years as executive vice president, Exploration and Production (1992-2002). He is a director of Parker Drilling Company and the Post Oak Bank, and a member of the President's Council for the Colorado School of Mines. He is currently serving as chairman of Enventure Global Technology.

Ms. Teresa Beck has served as a director of the Company since 1999. She was president of American Stores from 1998 to 1999, and was American Stores' chief financial officer from 1993 to 1998. She is a director of Lexmark International, Inc. and Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and a trustee of Intermountain Healthcare, The Nature Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy of Utah. She serves on the University of Utah National Advisory Council.