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## Capital Leases 

During 2012 and 2011 we entered into lease agreements for equipment at our Greens Creek and Lucky Friday units which we have determined to be capital leases. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, we have recorded $28.9 million and $15.8 million, respectively, for the gross amount of assets acquired under the capital leases and $5.3 million and $5.7 million, respectively, in accumulated depreciation, classified as plants and equipment in Properties, plants, equipment and mineral interests.  See Note 6 for information on future obligations related to our capital leases. 

## Operating Leases 

We enter into operating leases during the normal course of business. During the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, we incurred expenses of $3.1 million, $3.0 million and $3.0 million, respectively, for these leases. At December 31, 2012, future obligations under our non- cancelable operating leases were as follows (in thousands): 

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## NoTE 4: ENvIroNMENTAl AND rEClAMATIoN ACTIvITIES 

The liabilities accrued for our reclamation and closure costs at December 31, 2012 and 2011, were as follows (in thousands): 

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The activity in our accrued reclamation and closure cost liability for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, was as follows (in thousands): 

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During the fourth quarter of 2010, we recorded an additional $193.2 million provision for remediation of the Coeur d’Alene Basin based on an understanding reached among the United States, the Coeur d’Alene Indian Tribe (“Plaintiffs”), and the State of Idaho, bringing our accrual to $262.2 million as of December 31, 2010. On September 8, 2011, a Consent Decree (the “Consent Decree”) settling environmental litigation and related claims involving Hecla Limited pertaining to historic releases of mining wastes in the Coeur d’Alene Basin was approved and entered by the U.S. District Court in Idaho. The Consent Decree resolved all existing claims of the Plaintiffs against Hecla Limited and its affiliates under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”) (and certain other statutes) for past response costs, future environmental remediation costs, and natural resource damages related to historic releases of mining wastes in the Coeur d’Alene River Basin. The Consent Decree also resolved all remaining obligations of Hecla Limited under the 1994 Consent Decree relating to the “Box,” a rectangular 21-square-mile site located near Kellogg, Idaho within the Bunker Hill Superfund site. The Consent Decree contains comprehensive terms of settlement, including financial terms which require that Hecla Limited pay, in the aggregate, $264.4 million to the Plaintiffs over approximately three years following the settlement. Payments of approximately $168 million and $25 million (and related interest) were made in October 2011 and 2012, respectively, pursuant to the terms of the Consent Decree. Hecla Limited remains obligated under the Consent Decree to make the following payments: 

