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Silver (“Ag“) is up +24% YTD. We’re in year five of a deficit in annual mined Ag. Among the top-6 Ag producing countries, three are; China! (#2), Russia!! & Bolivia. Mexico is by far the largest Ag producing country. Given … Continued
Silver (“Ag“) is up +15%/+22% (YTD/past 12 months), while gold (“Au“) is +29%/+47%! Those are strong numbers, but not unprecedented. In the decade ending in 2011, Ag had a +23.2% CAGR, and increased +33.7%/yr in the nine years ending in … Continued
If one’s bullish on precious metals despite a modest pullback, high-quality exploration & development plays are attractive at today’s levels, but still risky. The chasm between “a few years” from production and being IN PRODUCTION is wide and fraught with … Continued
All dollar figures C$ unless indicated as US$… references to potential production & metal grades are silver (“Ag”) equivalent ounces. Trump has ignited a fire under U.S. bureaucracies to move A LOT faster to permit mines (see his Executive Orders, … Continued
Investors eagerly awaited the results of 100s of soil samples in the southern portion of the 100%-owned Gran Pilar project in Sonora Mexico. It was worth the wait as 541 assays were reported on Nov. 12th, and 62 of 541 … Continued
G-Silver… Sounds cool, right? Well, it was the only cool thing about the Company as silver (“Ag“) languished < US$24/oz. for much of 2023. Not only is G-Silver cool at $31+/oz., but at $40+/oz. it would be downright SEXY. Yes, … Continued
Gold & silver are having an extraordinary year, up 25.5% & 31.0% year-to-date to $2,591/oz. & $31.23/oz. As expected, the stocks of many producers are up substantially. Newmont, Agnico Eagle, Kinross, Alamos Gold, Hecla Mining, Pan American Silver & Coeur … Continued
Gold’s & sliver’s inflation-adj. ATHs in Jan. 1980 were about $3,430/oz. & $202/oz. (in today’s dollars). Notice that the gold (“Au“): silver (“Ag“) ratio was [$3,430 / $202] = 17 to 1! Today that ratio is 84:1 and it has averaged ~60:1 over … Continued
Silver Storm Mining (TSX-v: SVRS) / (OTC: SVRSF) has an enterprise value {market cap + debt – cash} of ~C$41M at $0.095/shr., (down 47.2% from $0.18 on July 24th). Over the same period, the silver (“Ag“) price is roughly unchanged. … Continued
$ figures are C$ unless stated otherwise, metal prices are US$, ounces/oz. are silver (“Ag”) equivalent oz… Primary silver (“Ag”) mines benefit most from higher prices. However, 80% of mined Ag is a byproduct of other operations, making supply highly … Continued