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THE BY-PRODUCT TRAP: WHY SILVER CANNOT ESCAPE THE FATE OF ZINC AND COPPER MINES Precious metals expert Ernst Gratz reveals the dangerous trap that has silver supply locked to the fortunes of base metals. Nearly eighty percent of silver emerges as a byproduct from copper, zinc, and lead mining operations around the world. When those mines face economic pressure, declining ore grades, or regulatory shutdowns, silver production suffers immediate and lasting damage with almost no ability to ramp up quickly. This sets the stage for a major supply crunch precisely as demand from the energy transition accelerates. THE BY-PRODUCT TRAP ➡️ The biggest mistake many analysts make is ignoring the mining reality behind silver supply. ➡️ They assume that if silver prices rise we can simply produce more. ➡️ That thinking is completely wrong because almost eighty percent of silver comes as a byproduct from base metal mines. ➡️ No company opens a giant zinc mine just because the silver price looks attractive. THE MINE CLOSURE CASCADE ➡️ When the global economy weakens and zinc or lead prices fall, unprofitable mines get mothballed or closed. ➡️ The resulting shortage of silver acts as pure collateral damage for the entire precious metals market. ➡️ Declining ore grades in mature mines across South America automatically cut silver output. ➡️ Protests, environmental regulations, and tax disputes in top producers Mexico and Peru deliver immediate global supply shocks. THE DEMAND EXPLOSION ➡️ The energy transition drives gigantic silver demand, led by AI, electric vehicles, electronics, and more. ➡️ At the same time supply stays extremely rigid and inelastic. ➡️ New standalone silver mines remain rare and take five to ten years to reach production due to permitting and environmental rules. THE RECYCLING LIFELINE ➡️ World silver recycling has risen above two hundred million ounces for the first time since 2012, roughly six thousand four hundred tons. ➡️ Yet projections show demand climbing to eighty thousand tons by 2032. ➡️ Even with higher recycling the supply gap will persist because primary output remains tied to base metals. THE 2025 TO 2027 PRODUCTION HITS ➡️ Newmont's Benaskitoine operation recorded a ten percent decline in zinc concentrate output from falling ore grades. ➡️ The Red DOP mine suffered a sixteen percent production drop in 2025 with more steep declines forecast. ➡️ Glencore's Antamina mine expects over two hundred fifty thousand tons less zinc concentrate in 2026. ➡️ Millions of ounces of potential byproduct silver will stay in the ground as primary zinc mines throttle output. THE BOTTOM LINE Silver supply faces a structural bottleneck that cannot adjust quickly to surging demand from the energy transition and advanced technologies. Primary physical mining combined with recycling will ultimately set the true value, rewarding those who hold silver through the coming shortage. This is the sound of a market waking up to its own structural fragility. #SilverSupplyCrisis #ByProductTrap #BaseMetalMines #SilverDemand #MiningClosures #PreciousMetals #EnergyTransition HT: YouTube Ernst Gratz
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THE BY-PRODUCT TRAP: WHY SILVER CANNOT ESCAPE THE FATE OF ZINC AND COPPER MINES Precious metals expert Ernst Gratz reveals the dangerous trap that has silver supply locked to the fortunes of base metals. Nearly eighty percent of silver emerges as a byproduct from copper, zinc, and lead mining operations around the world. When those mines face economic pressure, declining ore grades, or regulatory shutdowns, silver production suffers immediate and lasting damage with almost no ability to ramp up quickly. This sets the stage for a major supply crunch precisely as demand from the energy transition accelerates. THE BY-PRODUCT TRAP ➡️ The biggest mistake many analysts make is ignoring the mining reality behind silver supply. ➡️ They assume that if silver prices rise we can simply produce more. ➡️ That thinking is completely wrong because almost eighty percent of silver comes as a byproduct from base metal mines. ➡️ No company opens a giant zinc mine just because the silver price looks attractive. THE MINE CLOSURE CASCADE ➡️ When the global economy weakens and zinc or lead prices fall, unprofitable mines get mothballed or closed. ➡️ The resulting shortage of silver acts as pure collateral damage for the entire precious metals market. ➡️ Declining ore grades in mature mines across South America automatically cut silver output. ➡️ Protests, environmental regulations, and tax disputes in top producers Mexico and Peru deliver immediate global supply shocks. THE DEMAND EXPLOSION ➡️ The energy transition drives gigantic silver demand, led by AI, electric vehicles, electronics, and more. ➡️ At the same time supply stays extremely rigid and inelastic. ➡️ New standalone silver mines remain rare and take five to ten years to reach production due to permitting and environmental rules. THE RECYCLING LIFELINE ➡️ World silver recycling has risen above two hundred million ounces for the first time since 2012, roughly six thousand four hundred tons. ➡️ Yet projections show demand climbing to eighty thousand tons by 2032. ➡️ Even with higher recycling the supply gap will persist because primary output remains tied to base metals. THE 2025 TO 2027 PRODUCTION HITS ➡️ Newmont's Benaskitoine operation recorded a ten percent decline in zinc concentrate output from falling ore grades. ➡️ The Red DOP mine suffered a sixteen percent production drop in 2025 with more steep declines forecast. ➡️ Glencore's Antamina mine expects over two hundred fifty thousand tons less zinc concentrate in 2026. ➡️ Millions of ounces of potential byproduct silver will stay in the ground as primary zinc mines throttle output. THE BOTTOM LINE Silver supply faces a structural bottleneck that cannot adjust quickly to surging demand from the energy transition and advanced technologies. Primary physical mining combined with recycling will ultimately set the true value, rewarding those who hold silver through the coming shortage. This is the sound of a market waking up to its own structural fragility. #SilverSupplyCrisis #ByProductTrap #BaseMetalMines #SilverDemand #MiningClosures #PreciousMetals #EnergyTransition HT: YouTube Ernst Gratz

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EIGHT YEARS SILVER DEFICIT: WHY THIS CORRECTION IS THE LAST CHANCE TO LOAD UP Swiss-German gold and silver expert Jochen Staiger has spent 44 years in finance including 30 years focused on commodities. He watched gold drop 25 percent and silver plunge 45 percent from their peaks yet he refuses to back down. What he reveals about Asia's relentless buying and the structural supply crunch will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about this correction. THE EXPERT STANDS FIRM ➡️ Swiss-German gold and silver expert Jochen Staiger with 44 years of experience will not throw in the towel. ➡️ He calls gold's 25 percent correction understandable after the massive prior advance. ➡️ Silver's 45 percent decline he describes as totally overdone and exaggerated. ➡️ "I would never throw in the towel" Staiger declares without hesitation. THE GOLD TARGETS AHEAD ➡️ Gold is set to recover swiftly and target the 4800 to 5000 range in the near term. ➡️ It will then move toward 5600 as it retests previous highs. ➡️ The ultimate goal stands at 6300 as this decade unfolds. THE SILVER EXPLOSION COMING ➡️ Silver could reach 164 by the end of this year according to his chart. ➡️ The 184 level comes into view by the first half of 2027 at the latest. ➡️ By the end of the decade he sees 236 to 250 with 300 still on the table. THE ASIAN BUYING FRENZY ➡️ A huge shift is moving metal from weak Western hands straight into strong Asian hands. ➡️ China imported 25000 tons of silver in the first four months alone. ➡️ Physical markets are booming in Singapore Hong Kong Shanghai and now Dubai with instant delivery. ➡️ The COMEX paper system is fading as real physical demand takes center stage. THE SILVER SUPPLY CRUNCH ➡️ The market is now in its eighth consecutive year of structural deficits. ➡️ 1.3 billion ounces have already vanished from inventories. ➡️ COMEX holds just 325 million ounces and new supply from mines will not arrive fast enough. ➡️ Demand from solar power electric vehicles and high tech keeps climbing. THE SMART MONEY OPPORTUNITY ➡️ Retail investors still allocate only 2.7 percent to gold well below past cycles. ➡️ Family offices are slowly raising exposure from 2 to just 3 percent. ➡️ This is far from a crowded trade and the dip presents a rare chance to average down. THE BOTTOM LINE Gold and silver suffered a sharp but healthy correction after a powerful advance. The fundamentals remain rock solid with Asia leading demand and supply constraints tightening every quarter. Those who buy this dip with a clear plan will be rewarded handsomely in the years ahead. The correction ends here. The real rally in gold and silver is about to begin. MY TAKE I don’t think the correction is over yet – not just yet. HT: YouTube Rohstoff Investor #Gold #Silver #PreciousMetals #SilverTo250 #GoldTo6300 #AsiaGoldDemand #BuyTheDip
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EIGHT YEARS SILVER DEFICIT: WHY THIS CORRECTION IS THE LAST CHANCE TO LOAD UP Swiss-German gold and silver expert Jochen Staiger has spent 44 years in finance including 30 years focused on commodities. He watched gold drop 25 percent and silver plunge 45 percent from their peaks yet he refuses to back down. What he reveals about Asia's relentless buying and the structural supply crunch will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about this correction. THE EXPERT STANDS FIRM ➡️ Swiss-German gold and silver expert Jochen Staiger with 44 years of experience will not throw in the towel. ➡️ He calls gold's 25 percent correction understandable after the massive prior advance. ➡️ Silver's 45 percent decline he describes as totally overdone and exaggerated. ➡️ "I would never throw in the towel" Staiger declares without hesitation. THE GOLD TARGETS AHEAD ➡️ Gold is set to recover swiftly and target the 4800 to 5000 range in the near term. ➡️ It will then move toward 5600 as it retests previous highs. ➡️ The ultimate goal stands at 6300 as this decade unfolds. THE SILVER EXPLOSION COMING ➡️ Silver could reach 164 by the end of this year according to his chart. ➡️ The 184 level comes into view by the first half of 2027 at the latest. ➡️ By the end of the decade he sees 236 to 250 with 300 still on the table. THE ASIAN BUYING FRENZY ➡️ A huge shift is moving metal from weak Western hands straight into strong Asian hands. ➡️ China imported 25000 tons of silver in the first four months alone. ➡️ Physical markets are booming in Singapore Hong Kong Shanghai and now Dubai with instant delivery. ➡️ The COMEX paper system is fading as real physical demand takes center stage. THE SILVER SUPPLY CRUNCH ➡️ The market is now in its eighth consecutive year of structural deficits. ➡️ 1.3 billion ounces have already vanished from inventories. ➡️ COMEX holds just 325 million ounces and new supply from mines will not arrive fast enough. ➡️ Demand from solar power electric vehicles and high tech keeps climbing. THE SMART MONEY OPPORTUNITY ➡️ Retail investors still allocate only 2.7 percent to gold well below past cycles. ➡️ Family offices are slowly raising exposure from 2 to just 3 percent. ➡️ This is far from a crowded trade and the dip presents a rare chance to average down. THE BOTTOM LINE Gold and silver suffered a sharp but healthy correction after a powerful advance. The fundamentals remain rock solid with Asia leading demand and supply constraints tightening every quarter. Those who buy this dip with a clear plan will be rewarded handsomely in the years ahead. The correction ends here. The real rally in gold and silver is about to begin. MY TAKE I don’t think the correction is over yet – not just yet. HT: YouTube Rohstoff Investor #Gold #Silver #PreciousMetals #SilverTo250 #GoldTo6300 #AsiaGoldDemand #BuyTheDip

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SILVER MINERS REVOLT: KEITH NEUMEYER DEMANDS NEW PRICING SYSTEM TO ESCAPE BANK MANIPULATION Keith Neumeyer, CEO of First Majestic Silver, just delivered a bold message at the Rick Rule Symposium. He exposed how banks manipulate silver prices through paper markets and called on miners to break free by building their own pricing system. This idea could reshape the entire silver industry for years to come. THE RIGGED GAME ➡️ Keith Neumeyer calls the current silver pricing system a complete scam controlled by banks through the COMEX and LBMA. ➡️ First Majestic and other miners produce real physical silver but have no say in setting its price unlike almost every other industry on earth. ➡️ Banks closely track future mine production and use that knowledge to hedge positions and keep prices artificially low. THE BOLD SOLUTION ➡️ Keith Neumeyer is urging silver mining CEOs to come together and create their own independent pricing mechanism immediately. ➡️ The industry must stop relying on the bank-run system that has suppressed silver prices for far too long. ➡️ A new producer-led system would finally align prices with actual physical supply and surging global demand. THE PHYSICAL TRUTH ➡️ Explosive physical demand for silver continues to grow from electronics, solar panels, electric vehicles and everyday household appliances. ➡️ Worldwide silver mine production has remained flat at around 860 million ounces per year for a decade. ➡️ At the same time consumption has risen sharply to 1.3 billion ounces annually creating a massive and growing deficit. THE BOTTOM LINE Keith Neumeyer has thrown down the gauntlet. Silver miners have the power to end the manipulation if they act together. The future of fair silver pricing starts with their decision to lead. This is the sound of an industry finally waking up to its own strength. HT: YouTube ITM TRADING, INC. #SilverMinersRevolt #NewSilverSystem #KeithNeumeyer #FirstMajestic #BreakBankControl #PhysicalSilverDemand #TripleDigitSilver
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SILVER MINERS REVOLT: KEITH NEUMEYER DEMANDS NEW PRICING SYSTEM TO ESCAPE BANK MANIPULATION Keith Neumeyer, CEO of First Majestic Silver, just delivered a bold message at the Rick Rule Symposium. He exposed how banks manipulate silver prices through paper markets and called on miners to break free by building their own pricing system. This idea could reshape the entire silver industry for years to come. THE RIGGED GAME ➡️ Keith Neumeyer calls the current silver pricing system a complete scam controlled by banks through the COMEX and LBMA. ➡️ First Majestic and other miners produce real physical silver but have no say in setting its price unlike almost every other industry on earth. ➡️ Banks closely track future mine production and use that knowledge to hedge positions and keep prices artificially low. THE BOLD SOLUTION ➡️ Keith Neumeyer is urging silver mining CEOs to come together and create their own independent pricing mechanism immediately. ➡️ The industry must stop relying on the bank-run system that has suppressed silver prices for far too long. ➡️ A new producer-led system would finally align prices with actual physical supply and surging global demand. THE PHYSICAL TRUTH ➡️ Explosive physical demand for silver continues to grow from electronics, solar panels, electric vehicles and everyday household appliances. ➡️ Worldwide silver mine production has remained flat at around 860 million ounces per year for a decade. ➡️ At the same time consumption has risen sharply to 1.3 billion ounces annually creating a massive and growing deficit. THE BOTTOM LINE Keith Neumeyer has thrown down the gauntlet. Silver miners have the power to end the manipulation if they act together. The future of fair silver pricing starts with their decision to lead. This is the sound of an industry finally waking up to its own strength. HT: YouTube ITM TRADING, INC. #SilverMinersRevolt #NewSilverSystem #KeithNeumeyer #FirstMajestic #BreakBankControl #PhysicalSilverDemand #TripleDigitSilver

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113,868 views • 1 month ago

UPDATE: "WE ARE LIVING THROUGH HISTORY RIGHT NOW" - ED STEER ON THE SILVER CRISIS. 🚨 Precious metals expert Ed Steer just gave one of the most urgent interviews of the year. His message is clear: the 50-year price management scheme is ending. ✅ "The parabolic run was just the tip of the iceberg. The party is just getting started." The Driver: A Historic Short Squeeze. ➡️U.S. bullion banks have covered 29,000 COMEX short contracts since April. ➡️For the first time in history, they are now NET LONG silver. ➡️But they still hold a massive gross short position of 18,000 contracts. They are in a "lose-lose situation." 💥 "This is the beginning of Ted Butler's 'Bonfire of the Silver Shorts'... The shorts are in dire straits." The Unstoppable Physical Reality. ➡️We are entering the 6th consecutive year of a structural supply deficit. ➡️China's new export controls (effective Jan 1) require a license to ship silver out. They control ~60% of global refined supply. ➡️The Shanghai physical premium is 13.8% above COMEX. "They just can't refine it fast enough." Why This Isn't 1980 or 2011. ➡️ "This time it is totally different. This is a structural supply-demand deficit... It will be with us for 5, 10, 15 years." ➡️ "The silver needed to fill this deficit has yet to be discovered." On Price & Strategy: ➡️"A three-digit silver price... is going to put a lot of trading houses in insolvency immediately." ➡️$500/oz is "not unreasonable" and could become the new floor. ➡️"I have physical silver in a vault. I ain't going to be selling an ounce of it... It is pure wealth." ‼️"The silver needed to fill this deficit has yet to be discovered."‼️ Silver Miners: The "Bargain of the Century." ➡️They have horribly underperformed the metal (up only 1.14x vs. silver's 158% gain). ➡️"I have the impression... that there's somebody out there definitely suppressing the price..." The Bottom Line: The desperate short covering and the unbreakable physical deficit are colliding. The paper market's control is over. True price discovery is ahead. HT: YouTube - Commodity Culture Jesse Day #Silver #Gold #PreciousMetals #ShortSqueeze #COMEX #Markets #Investing #Bullion #Commodities #Finance
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UPDATE: "WE ARE LIVING THROUGH HISTORY RIGHT NOW" - ED STEER ON THE SILVER CRISIS. 🚨 Precious metals expert Ed Steer just gave one of the most urgent interviews of the year. His message is clear: the 50-year price management scheme is ending. ✅ "The parabolic run was just the tip of the iceberg. The party is just getting started." The Driver: A Historic Short Squeeze. ➡️U.S. bullion banks have covered 29,000 COMEX short contracts since April. ➡️For the first time in history, they are now NET LONG silver. ➡️But they still hold a massive gross short position of 18,000 contracts. They are in a "lose-lose situation." 💥 "This is the beginning of Ted Butler's 'Bonfire of the Silver Shorts'... The shorts are in dire straits." The Unstoppable Physical Reality. ➡️We are entering the 6th consecutive year of a structural supply deficit. ➡️China's new export controls (effective Jan 1) require a license to ship silver out. They control ~60% of global refined supply. ➡️The Shanghai physical premium is 13.8% above COMEX. "They just can't refine it fast enough." Why This Isn't 1980 or 2011. ➡️ "This time it is totally different. This is a structural supply-demand deficit... It will be with us for 5, 10, 15 years." ➡️ "The silver needed to fill this deficit has yet to be discovered." On Price & Strategy: ➡️"A three-digit silver price... is going to put a lot of trading houses in insolvency immediately." ➡️$500/oz is "not unreasonable" and could become the new floor. ➡️"I have physical silver in a vault. I ain't going to be selling an ounce of it... It is pure wealth." ‼️"The silver needed to fill this deficit has yet to be discovered."‼️ Silver Miners: The "Bargain of the Century." ➡️They have horribly underperformed the metal (up only 1.14x vs. silver's 158% gain). ➡️"I have the impression... that there's somebody out there definitely suppressing the price..." The Bottom Line: The desperate short covering and the unbreakable physical deficit are colliding. The paper market's control is over. True price discovery is ahead. HT: YouTube - Commodity Culture Jesse Day #Silver #Gold #PreciousMetals #ShortSqueeze #COMEX #Markets #Investing #Bullion #Commodities #Finance

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148,732 views • 8 months ago

Silver is still strong. But will it stay at these levels long term? Will silver go higher? If owning silver bars is not your thing, the other way to play this is by owning silver mining stock. But the issue is that 75% of silver comes as a biproduct of copper, lead or zinc mining. Only 1% to 2% of their revenue comes from silver. So those types of mining companies don't care about the price of silver. There are very few mining companies that are primary silver producers, which is more than 50% of revenue from silver. The next thing to consider is, which companies can still expand their production? Which ones have really high grade ore? I only own two silver mining stocks. One of them is Aya Gold & Silver. US ticker is AYASF and the Canada ticker is AYA . to. I have owned it for several years. They are producing silver at their mine Zgounder in Morocco. They have a second project, called Boumadine, that will open in the future. They were already making great profits at Zgounder when silver was only $30 per oz. Their profits at $75 per oz are insane. The markets are not valuing the silver mining stocks at $75 per oz yet. Aya can mine silver at $19 per ounce and be breakeven. Their margin at $75 silver is currently $56 per ounce. That means Aya has an estimated annual operating cash flow of $336 million (at $75 silver). That is only for their Zgounder mine which is already operating. Their Boumadine mine is going to be 5x larger. If you believe in silver long term and don't want to own the physical metal, my top silver mine stock in my portfolio is Aya Gold & Silver. Canada company with it's HQ in Montreal. US Ticker: AYASF Canada Ticker: AYA. TO
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Silver is still strong. But will it stay at these levels long term? Will silver go higher? If owning silver bars is not your thing, the other way to play this is by owning silver mining stock. But the issue is that 75% of silver comes as a biproduct of copper, lead or zinc mining. Only 1% to 2% of their revenue comes from silver. So those types of mining companies don't care about the price of silver. There are very few mining companies that are primary silver producers, which is more than 50% of revenue from silver. The next thing to consider is, which companies can still expand their production? Which ones have really high grade ore? I only own two silver mining stocks. One of them is Aya Gold & Silver. US ticker is AYASF and the Canada ticker is AYA . to. I have owned it for several years. They are producing silver at their mine Zgounder in Morocco. They have a second project, called Boumadine, that will open in the future. They were already making great profits at Zgounder when silver was only $30 per oz. Their profits at $75 per oz are insane. The markets are not valuing the silver mining stocks at $75 per oz yet. Aya can mine silver at $19 per ounce and be breakeven. Their margin at $75 silver is currently $56 per ounce. That means Aya has an estimated annual operating cash flow of $336 million (at $75 silver). That is only for their Zgounder mine which is already operating. Their Boumadine mine is going to be 5x larger. If you believe in silver long term and don't want to own the physical metal, my top silver mine stock in my portfolio is Aya Gold & Silver. Canada company with it's HQ in Montreal. US Ticker: AYASF Canada Ticker: AYA. TO

Wall Street Mav

92,758 views • 8 months ago

I am extremely bullish on silver prices long term. There are clearly supply shortages in this market which has caused the increase in the silver prices from $30 last year to over $70 today. The issue is global silver mine supply. It is in decline. All of the mines in the world produced 900 million oz in 2015. In 2026 it will be about 820 million oz. Production is steadily declining. The best mines have been found and depleted. Meanwhile silver demand is still increasing. EVs, solar panels, electronics, Ai chips, etc. I have invested in physical silver, but I also invest in a few silver mining stocks. Most mining stocks are struggling just to maintain current silver production. The key is to find the companies that can increase production. My top silver stock in my portfolio is Aya Gold & Silver (ticker AYASF). The reason why is because this company is one of the few that can seriously increase it's production in the coming years. They are already producing 6 million oz of silver per year from their first mine, Zgounder. They mine at a cost of $20 per oz, they are selling their silver at over $70 per oz. That is over $50 per oz profit margins on 6 million oz. They are building their next mine, Boumadine, which is currently projected to produce 37 million oz AgEq in 2030. So this is a company that will increase revenue and profits by about 6x to 7x even if gold and silver prices remain at current levels. If gold and silver prices increase from here, the upside for AYASF is even higher. Here is a brief clip from an interview last week where the CEO, Benoit La Salle, walks through the numbers and the comparison to other silver miners. Benoit has built multiple mines in his career and he is doing it again with Aya (ticker AYASF). I will leave the link to the full interview in the replies below. This is just a brief clip. Bookmark this post. I will be posting about Aya regularly in the coming years.
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I am extremely bullish on silver prices long term. There are clearly supply shortages in this market which has caused the increase in the silver prices from $30 last year to over $70 today. The issue is global silver mine supply. It is in decline. All of the mines in the world produced 900 million oz in 2015. In 2026 it will be about 820 million oz. Production is steadily declining. The best mines have been found and depleted. Meanwhile silver demand is still increasing. EVs, solar panels, electronics, Ai chips, etc. I have invested in physical silver, but I also invest in a few silver mining stocks. Most mining stocks are struggling just to maintain current silver production. The key is to find the companies that can increase production. My top silver stock in my portfolio is Aya Gold & Silver (ticker AYASF). The reason why is because this company is one of the few that can seriously increase it's production in the coming years. They are already producing 6 million oz of silver per year from their first mine, Zgounder. They mine at a cost of $20 per oz, they are selling their silver at over $70 per oz. That is over $50 per oz profit margins on 6 million oz. They are building their next mine, Boumadine, which is currently projected to produce 37 million oz AgEq in 2030. So this is a company that will increase revenue and profits by about 6x to 7x even if gold and silver prices remain at current levels. If gold and silver prices increase from here, the upside for AYASF is even higher. Here is a brief clip from an interview last week where the CEO, Benoit La Salle, walks through the numbers and the comparison to other silver miners. Benoit has built multiple mines in his career and he is doing it again with Aya (ticker AYASF). I will leave the link to the full interview in the replies below. This is just a brief clip. Bookmark this post. I will be posting about Aya regularly in the coming years.

Wall Street Mav

64,907 views • 4 months ago

SILVER'S RUBBER BAND IS ABOUT TO SNAP: 80:1 BACK TO HISTORIC 15:1 Austrian silver expert Ernst Gratz just laid out the most extreme valuation gap in monetary history. Gold and silver are the oldest currencies on earth, yet the paper market has stretched their relationship to a breaking point never seen before. What happens when that rubber band finally snaps back will rewrite portfolios overnight. THE GEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL TRUTH ➡️ In the Earth’s crust silver is only 15 to 19 times more abundant than gold. ➡️ Ancient Egypt under King Menes set the ratio as low as 2.5 to 1. ➡️ The Roman Empire fixed it by law at 12 to 1. Julius Caesar adjusted it to 11.5 to 1. ➡️ The United States Coin Act of 1792 locked the official ratio at exactly 15 to 1 for generations. THE MODERN MADNESS ➡️ Today the paper market trades the ratio at 80 to 1 or higher. ➡️ This is not a free market price. It is a historic anomaly created by derivatives, industrial classification, and institutional blindness. WHY THE BAND IS STRETCHED SO FAR ➡️ Gold is treated as pure money and is hoarded. Silver is treated as an industrial metal and is consumed. ➡️ Over 50 percent of annual silver demand now comes from industry: electric vehicles, electronics, and AI data centers. ➡️ Paper markets and futures contracts systematically suppress the physical silver price. ➡️ In every crisis the big institutions, central banks, and sovereign funds flee almost exclusively into gold and overlook silver completely. THE SUPPLY TIME BOMB ➡️ The world has run a structural silver deficit for six consecutive years. ➡️ The cumulative shortfall has already reached roughly 700 million ounces — an entire year of global mine production. ➡️ The green energy transition and the AI boom require enormous additional volumes. Silver is the best electrical conductor on the planet and has no substitute. THE HISTORICAL PATTERN ➡️ Every time the gold-silver ratio has crossed 80 or 100 to 1 — in 1980, 2008, and 2020 — silver launched an epic catch-up rally that dramatically outperformed gold. THE FINAL SHAKEOUT ➡️ Before the rubber band snaps, the system always tries to force the last true believers out of the market. ➡️ Capitulation by the remaining physical holders is the classic final signal that the upside is about to open. THE BOTTOM LINE The rubber band is stretched to its absolute limit. When financial stress meets physical tightness, silver will not gently re-rate. It will snap back toward its 15-to-1 reality with historic force. This is the highest-conviction asymmetric trade left in the precious metals complex. #Silver #GoldSilverRatio #SilverDeficit #PreciousMetals #SilverSqueeze #MonetaryMetals #SilverVsGold
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SILVER'S RUBBER BAND IS ABOUT TO SNAP: 80:1 BACK TO HISTORIC 15:1 Austrian silver expert Ernst Gratz just laid out the most extreme valuation gap in monetary history. Gold and silver are the oldest currencies on earth, yet the paper market has stretched their relationship to a breaking point never seen before. What happens when that rubber band finally snaps back will rewrite portfolios overnight. THE GEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL TRUTH ➡️ In the Earth’s crust silver is only 15 to 19 times more abundant than gold. ➡️ Ancient Egypt under King Menes set the ratio as low as 2.5 to 1. ➡️ The Roman Empire fixed it by law at 12 to 1. Julius Caesar adjusted it to 11.5 to 1. ➡️ The United States Coin Act of 1792 locked the official ratio at exactly 15 to 1 for generations. THE MODERN MADNESS ➡️ Today the paper market trades the ratio at 80 to 1 or higher. ➡️ This is not a free market price. It is a historic anomaly created by derivatives, industrial classification, and institutional blindness. WHY THE BAND IS STRETCHED SO FAR ➡️ Gold is treated as pure money and is hoarded. Silver is treated as an industrial metal and is consumed. ➡️ Over 50 percent of annual silver demand now comes from industry: electric vehicles, electronics, and AI data centers. ➡️ Paper markets and futures contracts systematically suppress the physical silver price. ➡️ In every crisis the big institutions, central banks, and sovereign funds flee almost exclusively into gold and overlook silver completely. THE SUPPLY TIME BOMB ➡️ The world has run a structural silver deficit for six consecutive years. ➡️ The cumulative shortfall has already reached roughly 700 million ounces — an entire year of global mine production. ➡️ The green energy transition and the AI boom require enormous additional volumes. Silver is the best electrical conductor on the planet and has no substitute. THE HISTORICAL PATTERN ➡️ Every time the gold-silver ratio has crossed 80 or 100 to 1 — in 1980, 2008, and 2020 — silver launched an epic catch-up rally that dramatically outperformed gold. THE FINAL SHAKEOUT ➡️ Before the rubber band snaps, the system always tries to force the last true believers out of the market. ➡️ Capitulation by the remaining physical holders is the classic final signal that the upside is about to open. THE BOTTOM LINE The rubber band is stretched to its absolute limit. When financial stress meets physical tightness, silver will not gently re-rate. It will snap back toward its 15-to-1 reality with historic force. This is the highest-conviction asymmetric trade left in the precious metals complex. #Silver #GoldSilverRatio #SilverDeficit #PreciousMetals #SilverSqueeze #MonetaryMetals #SilverVsGold

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PETER SCHIFF: GOLD, SILVER AND THE MINING STOCKS WILL GO MUCH HIGHER🚀 In his latest interview, renowned economist Peter Schiff shared his assessment of gold, silver and mining stocks. THE BIGGER PICTURE: DOLLAR CRISIS DRIVING IT ALL ✅ Gold at $5,100+ and silver exploding signal the end of dollar dominance. ⚡ Central banks dumping dollars, Trump policies accelerating the shift—everything points higher. 💥 "This is not the end of this thing. We're going a lot higher." WHY PHYSICAL SILVER IS GETTING HARDER TO FIND ✅ Demand is surging from investors and industry 📉 Supply can't keep up—mint production lags, and wholesalers are struggling. ❓ Schiff's key advice: Buy now while you can. Waiting for a dip risks being locked out entirely. SILVER MINERS: MASSIVELY UNDERPRICED ✅ Miners' profits explode with silver at these levels—margins go from slim to massive. 📈 Stocks lag the metal, but Schiff says they're "cheaper now than before" the rally. 🚀 "The silver stocks are priced for maybe $50 silver at most." THE BOTTOM LINE Peter Schiff makes it crystal clear: Silver's volatility is just the market discovering its true value in a collapsing dollar world—don't chase the price, secure the physical metal before it's gone for good. HT: YouTube CapitalCosm CapitalCosm Peter Schiff Current personal portfolio (DYODD)👉 #SilverSqueeze #PeterSchiff #GoldAndSilver #DollarCrisis #PreciousMetals #InvestSmart
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PETER SCHIFF: GOLD, SILVER AND THE MINING STOCKS WILL GO MUCH HIGHER🚀 In his latest interview, renowned economist Peter Schiff shared his assessment of gold, silver and mining stocks. THE BIGGER PICTURE: DOLLAR CRISIS DRIVING IT ALL ✅ Gold at $5,100+ and silver exploding signal the end of dollar dominance. ⚡ Central banks dumping dollars, Trump policies accelerating the shift—everything points higher. 💥 "This is not the end of this thing. We're going a lot higher." WHY PHYSICAL SILVER IS GETTING HARDER TO FIND ✅ Demand is surging from investors and industry 📉 Supply can't keep up—mint production lags, and wholesalers are struggling. ❓ Schiff's key advice: Buy now while you can. Waiting for a dip risks being locked out entirely. SILVER MINERS: MASSIVELY UNDERPRICED ✅ Miners' profits explode with silver at these levels—margins go from slim to massive. 📈 Stocks lag the metal, but Schiff says they're "cheaper now than before" the rally. 🚀 "The silver stocks are priced for maybe $50 silver at most." THE BOTTOM LINE Peter Schiff makes it crystal clear: Silver's volatility is just the market discovering its true value in a collapsing dollar world—don't chase the price, secure the physical metal before it's gone for good. HT: YouTube CapitalCosm CapitalCosm Peter Schiff Current personal portfolio (DYODD)👉 #SilverSqueeze #PeterSchiff #GoldAndSilver #DollarCrisis #PreciousMetals #InvestSmart

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SILVER INDUSTRIAL CRISIS: WHEN FACTORIES CAN'T GET THE METAL ANYMORE A shocking reality is unfolding in the metals world right now. Industries that rely on silver—and similar critical metals—are hitting hard limits as physical supplies dry up fast. Austrian industrial metal trader Ernst Gratz shares real stories from the front lines that show just how desperate things have become. THE HAFNIUM PANIC – ONE TON ALMOST SHUT DOWN A PLANT ✅ A major industrial user urgently needed just 1 ton of hafnium (a rare metal produced only ~65 tons/year globally). ➡️ They offered 50–60–70% premiums—and ended up paying 80% over market price. 🔥 Reason? Without it by early December, their production line would stop completely. THE CREATIVE SWAP THAT SAVED THE DAY ✅ The trader asked hafnium owners: "Trade your metal now, and we'll invest the value into physical silver for you." ➡️ They secured over 900 kg in one month by getting individual owner approvals. ➡️The deal delivered the metal, avoided shutdown—and funneled the premium straight into silver. MORE RARE METALS FOLLOWING THE SAME PATH ✅ Similar urgent requests are already coming in for indium and gallium. ➡️ Tiny annual production (hundreds of tons) meets exploding tech & green-energy demand. ➡️ Companies can't wait for normal supply chains anymore. SILVER GOES EVEN FURTHER – DIRECT MINE DEALS ➡️ Big users now approach silver mines directly. ➡️ They say: "We'll finance you and support expansion—but commit your next 4 years of production exclusively to us." ➡️ Export restrictions from China and Peru have made open-market silver almost impossible to find in volume. WHY THIS MATTERS FOR SILVER HOLDERS ✅ Physical metal that is actually consumed every day can't be faked with paper contracts. ➡️ When industries start paying crazy premiums and locking in future output, it signals true scarcity. ⚡ Higher prices are needed to unlock recycling and new mining—current levels are simply too low. THE BOTTOM LINE Desperate industries paying 80% premiums or pre-financing entire mine production just to keep operations going prove that the physical scarcity of metals has moved from theory to urgent reality – which will exert significant upward pressure on prices in the coming years. HT: YouTube Ernst Gratz #Silver #SilverShortage #PhysicalMetals #IndustrialDemand #PreciousMetals #SilverSqueeze
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SILVER INDUSTRIAL CRISIS: WHEN FACTORIES CAN'T GET THE METAL ANYMORE A shocking reality is unfolding in the metals world right now. Industries that rely on silver—and similar critical metals—are hitting hard limits as physical supplies dry up fast. Austrian industrial metal trader Ernst Gratz shares real stories from the front lines that show just how desperate things have become. THE HAFNIUM PANIC – ONE TON ALMOST SHUT DOWN A PLANT ✅ A major industrial user urgently needed just 1 ton of hafnium (a rare metal produced only ~65 tons/year globally). ➡️ They offered 50–60–70% premiums—and ended up paying 80% over market price. 🔥 Reason? Without it by early December, their production line would stop completely. THE CREATIVE SWAP THAT SAVED THE DAY ✅ The trader asked hafnium owners: "Trade your metal now, and we'll invest the value into physical silver for you." ➡️ They secured over 900 kg in one month by getting individual owner approvals. ➡️The deal delivered the metal, avoided shutdown—and funneled the premium straight into silver. MORE RARE METALS FOLLOWING THE SAME PATH ✅ Similar urgent requests are already coming in for indium and gallium. ➡️ Tiny annual production (hundreds of tons) meets exploding tech & green-energy demand. ➡️ Companies can't wait for normal supply chains anymore. SILVER GOES EVEN FURTHER – DIRECT MINE DEALS ➡️ Big users now approach silver mines directly. ➡️ They say: "We'll finance you and support expansion—but commit your next 4 years of production exclusively to us." ➡️ Export restrictions from China and Peru have made open-market silver almost impossible to find in volume. WHY THIS MATTERS FOR SILVER HOLDERS ✅ Physical metal that is actually consumed every day can't be faked with paper contracts. ➡️ When industries start paying crazy premiums and locking in future output, it signals true scarcity. ⚡ Higher prices are needed to unlock recycling and new mining—current levels are simply too low. THE BOTTOM LINE Desperate industries paying 80% premiums or pre-financing entire mine production just to keep operations going prove that the physical scarcity of metals has moved from theory to urgent reality – which will exert significant upward pressure on prices in the coming years. HT: YouTube Ernst Gratz #Silver #SilverShortage #PhysicalMetals #IndustrialDemand #PreciousMetals #SilverSqueeze

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GOLD AND SILVER FACE SHORT-TERM PRESSURE BEFORE MASSIVE UPSIDE Veteran commodities strategist Jeff Currie and Dario, host of the JustDario Cigar podcast,have both mapped out the same clear divergence. Short-term weakness in gold and silver looks likely even if peace talks advance, driven by specific selling flows and the oil situation. Yet the medium- and long-term forces are aligning for immense upside through tighter physical supply and monetary expansion. THE SHORT-TERM WEAKNESS FACTORS ➡️ Turkey’s central bank is selling gold reserves to defend the lira amid a deepening monetary crisis. ➡️ India is offloading gold to secure dollars for oil imports while the rupee weakens under high energy costs. ➡️ Retail investors in Japan and Korea are rotating out of precious metals into stocks showing stronger recent performance. ➡️ Relief rallies remain largely speculative bets on a fast resolution to the oil crisis rather than broad fundamental demand. THE MEDIUM-TERM PHYSICAL SUPPLY TIGHTENING ➡️ Higher energy prices will sharply raise mining and refining costs for both gold and silver. ➡️ Silver production, mostly a byproduct of other metals, will face reduced output as energy-intensive operations squeeze margins. ➡️ Miners will need materially higher prices simply to cover elevated costs and keep supply flowing. ➡️ This setup repeats the pattern seen after the 1970s oil crisis, when precious metals prices surged once supply constraints fully emerged. THE LONG-TERM MONETARY AND DEMAND DRIVERS ➡️ Producer price inflation above 6 percent will eventually pass through to consumers as companies protect their margins. ➡️ Central banks will continue providing ample liquidity to support massive global debt loads and avoid systemic stress. ➡️ Chronic silver deficits near 150 million ounces per year collide with rising industrial demand from EVs, solar, and electronics that cannot be recycled economically at current prices. ➡️ As Jeff Currie highlights, the dedollarization story is still early, with massive upside for gold once monetary conditions turn supportive. THE BOTTOM LINE Peace deal or not, short-term downside pressure on gold and silver is probable until the oil crisis stabilizes and immediate selling pressures ease. The combination of physical supply constraints, persistent inflation, and structural monetary growth creates one of the strongest long-term setups in decades. The same forces that propelled precious metals higher after the 1970s oil shocks are aligning again today from an even stronger base. HT: Jeffrey Currie 🆔++ JustDario #Gold #Silver #PreciousMetals #SupplyCrunch #InflationHedge #Dedollarization #OilCrisis
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GOLD AND SILVER FACE SHORT-TERM PRESSURE BEFORE MASSIVE UPSIDE Veteran commodities strategist Jeff Currie and Dario, host of the JustDario Cigar podcast,have both mapped out the same clear divergence. Short-term weakness in gold and silver looks likely even if peace talks advance, driven by specific selling flows and the oil situation. Yet the medium- and long-term forces are aligning for immense upside through tighter physical supply and monetary expansion. THE SHORT-TERM WEAKNESS FACTORS ➡️ Turkey’s central bank is selling gold reserves to defend the lira amid a deepening monetary crisis. ➡️ India is offloading gold to secure dollars for oil imports while the rupee weakens under high energy costs. ➡️ Retail investors in Japan and Korea are rotating out of precious metals into stocks showing stronger recent performance. ➡️ Relief rallies remain largely speculative bets on a fast resolution to the oil crisis rather than broad fundamental demand. THE MEDIUM-TERM PHYSICAL SUPPLY TIGHTENING ➡️ Higher energy prices will sharply raise mining and refining costs for both gold and silver. ➡️ Silver production, mostly a byproduct of other metals, will face reduced output as energy-intensive operations squeeze margins. ➡️ Miners will need materially higher prices simply to cover elevated costs and keep supply flowing. ➡️ This setup repeats the pattern seen after the 1970s oil crisis, when precious metals prices surged once supply constraints fully emerged. THE LONG-TERM MONETARY AND DEMAND DRIVERS ➡️ Producer price inflation above 6 percent will eventually pass through to consumers as companies protect their margins. ➡️ Central banks will continue providing ample liquidity to support massive global debt loads and avoid systemic stress. ➡️ Chronic silver deficits near 150 million ounces per year collide with rising industrial demand from EVs, solar, and electronics that cannot be recycled economically at current prices. ➡️ As Jeff Currie highlights, the dedollarization story is still early, with massive upside for gold once monetary conditions turn supportive. THE BOTTOM LINE Peace deal or not, short-term downside pressure on gold and silver is probable until the oil crisis stabilizes and immediate selling pressures ease. The combination of physical supply constraints, persistent inflation, and structural monetary growth creates one of the strongest long-term setups in decades. The same forces that propelled precious metals higher after the 1970s oil shocks are aligning again today from an even stronger base. HT: Jeffrey Currie 🆔++ JustDario #Gold #Silver #PreciousMetals #SupplyCrunch #InflationHedge #Dedollarization #OilCrisis

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DAVID JENSEN: SILVER NEEDS A MASSIVE RESET – VAULTS ARE EMPTYING FAST! In a powerful new interview on Commodity Culture, precious metals analyst David Jensen breaks down the explosive silver market. From the brutal January 30 crash to accelerating global shortages, the message is clear: physical demand is overwhelming paper markets, and prices must rise dramatically to restore balance. THE JANUARY 30 CRASH: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ✅ Silver plunged 26% in one day on COMEX after international markets closed. ➡️ An 18% drop in under an hour – should have triggered dynamic circuit breakers at ±10%. ❌ But breakers failed to pause trading visibly; only hidden "velocity logics" activated briefly. 🔍 High-frequency traders can reset guardrails easily – "circuit breakers in name only." THE GROWING SUPPLY DEFICIT: 7 YEARS AND COUNTING ➡️Silver Institute shows deficits for seven straight years when including ETF investment demand. ➡️ UBS forecasts a 300 million ounce deficit this year in a ~1.25 billion ounce market. ➡️ COMEX vaults down to ~102 million ounces, with 25% drawdown in the last 30 days. ➡️ Shanghai vaults at ~25-26 million ounces – 90% drop since 2020, with 8-9% single-day drains recently. SHANGHAI PREMIUM: THE EAST-WEST DIVIDE ✅ Post-crash, Shanghai traded at up to 29% premium; now ~7-13% spot, but wholesale (with VAT) hits ~$99/oz. ➡️ That's a $15-19 spread over Western ~$80-85/oz prices. ➡️ Massive incentive to ship metal East – draining Western vaults rapidly. 📍 "Asia will determine the price" – physical reality trumps paper suppression. THE END OF PRICE FIXING & THE RISE OF SOUND MONEY ✅ Decades of paper promises worked while no one demanded delivery. ➡️ Now true shortages from suppressed mining + surging safe-haven buying collide. ➡️ Parallel economy emerging: people using physical silver for transactions as trust in fiat collapses. ➡️ "Gold and silver are money... you don't sell money, you use money." THE PATH AHEAD: MULTIPLES HIGHER ✅ Current prices (~$80-85/oz) won't solve the crisis – need "multiples" higher for liquidity. ➡️ Currency crisis looms as debt bubbles burst and fiat weakens. ➡️ Gold as official money, silver as parallel private money – inevitable in unstable times. THE BOTTOM LINE David Jensen sees silver's run driven by undeniable physical shortages, failed suppression tactics, and a historic East-West shift – setting the stage for explosive upside as vaults empty and real demand takes over. No top in Silver – it's just getting started in a new monetary reality. Stack accordingly. HT: YouTube Commodity Culture Jesse Day #Silver #PreciousMetals #SoundMoney #SilverShortage #GoldAndSilver
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DAVID JENSEN: SILVER NEEDS A MASSIVE RESET – VAULTS ARE EMPTYING FAST! In a powerful new interview on Commodity Culture, precious metals analyst David Jensen breaks down the explosive silver market. From the brutal January 30 crash to accelerating global shortages, the message is clear: physical demand is overwhelming paper markets, and prices must rise dramatically to restore balance. THE JANUARY 30 CRASH: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ✅ Silver plunged 26% in one day on COMEX after international markets closed. ➡️ An 18% drop in under an hour – should have triggered dynamic circuit breakers at ±10%. ❌ But breakers failed to pause trading visibly; only hidden "velocity logics" activated briefly. 🔍 High-frequency traders can reset guardrails easily – "circuit breakers in name only." THE GROWING SUPPLY DEFICIT: 7 YEARS AND COUNTING ➡️Silver Institute shows deficits for seven straight years when including ETF investment demand. ➡️ UBS forecasts a 300 million ounce deficit this year in a ~1.25 billion ounce market. ➡️ COMEX vaults down to ~102 million ounces, with 25% drawdown in the last 30 days. ➡️ Shanghai vaults at ~25-26 million ounces – 90% drop since 2020, with 8-9% single-day drains recently. SHANGHAI PREMIUM: THE EAST-WEST DIVIDE ✅ Post-crash, Shanghai traded at up to 29% premium; now ~7-13% spot, but wholesale (with VAT) hits ~$99/oz. ➡️ That's a $15-19 spread over Western ~$80-85/oz prices. ➡️ Massive incentive to ship metal East – draining Western vaults rapidly. 📍 "Asia will determine the price" – physical reality trumps paper suppression. THE END OF PRICE FIXING & THE RISE OF SOUND MONEY ✅ Decades of paper promises worked while no one demanded delivery. ➡️ Now true shortages from suppressed mining + surging safe-haven buying collide. ➡️ Parallel economy emerging: people using physical silver for transactions as trust in fiat collapses. ➡️ "Gold and silver are money... you don't sell money, you use money." THE PATH AHEAD: MULTIPLES HIGHER ✅ Current prices (~$80-85/oz) won't solve the crisis – need "multiples" higher for liquidity. ➡️ Currency crisis looms as debt bubbles burst and fiat weakens. ➡️ Gold as official money, silver as parallel private money – inevitable in unstable times. THE BOTTOM LINE David Jensen sees silver's run driven by undeniable physical shortages, failed suppression tactics, and a historic East-West shift – setting the stage for explosive upside as vaults empty and real demand takes over. No top in Silver – it's just getting started in a new monetary reality. Stack accordingly. HT: YouTube Commodity Culture Jesse Day #Silver #PreciousMetals #SoundMoney #SilverShortage #GoldAndSilver

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24,678 views • 6 months ago

Swiss Silver Expert J. Staiger DESPERATE MEASURES BY BIG PLAYERS The tightness is forcing extreme actions in the physical market. ⚡ Major trading houses are calling mines directly, offering premiums of up to 20% over spot for long-term delivery contracts. ⚡ Turkey is now importing massive amounts of silver monthly, as gold becomes scarce. THE VAULTS ARE RUNNING DRY The physical data reveals a market in extreme stress. ✅ Shanghai Crisis: Silver inventories have hit a 10-year low. ✅ Record Deficit: The cumulative 7-year supply deficit now exceeds 1.2 Billion ounces. THE DELIVERY SYSTEM IS CRACKING Key trading hubs are showing unprecedented strain. ➡️ COMEX (NY): The recent "server failure" on Notice Day (Nov 28) raised eyebrows amidst a scramble for metal. ➡️ LBMA (London): Reportedly had to airlift ~54M ounces via private flights to avoid breaking. Only 15-20% of their silver is "free" for delivery; the rest is owned by ETFs and institutions. THE TECHNICAL PICTURE: BROKEN OUT The price action confirms the fundamental story. ➡️ Silver has decisively broken out to new all-time highs. ➡️ Next technical targets are seen at $63, then $80+. "Delivery Claus is coming… and he wants his silver. Buckle up.” HT: Swiss Resource Capital AG PS: Here you can find out how you can profit from this silver rally. 👉 #Silver #SilverSqueeze #COMEX #LBMA #Shanghai #Commodities #Investing #PreciousMetals
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Swiss Silver Expert J. Staiger DESPERATE MEASURES BY BIG PLAYERS The tightness is forcing extreme actions in the physical market. ⚡ Major trading houses are calling mines directly, offering premiums of up to 20% over spot for long-term delivery contracts. ⚡ Turkey is now importing massive amounts of silver monthly, as gold becomes scarce. THE VAULTS ARE RUNNING DRY The physical data reveals a market in extreme stress. ✅ Shanghai Crisis: Silver inventories have hit a 10-year low. ✅ Record Deficit: The cumulative 7-year supply deficit now exceeds 1.2 Billion ounces. THE DELIVERY SYSTEM IS CRACKING Key trading hubs are showing unprecedented strain. ➡️ COMEX (NY): The recent "server failure" on Notice Day (Nov 28) raised eyebrows amidst a scramble for metal. ➡️ LBMA (London): Reportedly had to airlift ~54M ounces via private flights to avoid breaking. Only 15-20% of their silver is "free" for delivery; the rest is owned by ETFs and institutions. THE TECHNICAL PICTURE: BROKEN OUT The price action confirms the fundamental story. ➡️ Silver has decisively broken out to new all-time highs. ➡️ Next technical targets are seen at $63, then $80+. "Delivery Claus is coming… and he wants his silver. Buckle up.” HT: Swiss Resource Capital AG PS: Here you can find out how you can profit from this silver rally. 👉 #Silver #SilverSqueeze #COMEX #LBMA #Shanghai #Commodities #Investing #PreciousMetals

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64,551 views • 9 months ago

UPDATE - M. OLIVER: WHY GOLD & SILVER MINERS ARE “FREE” RIGHT NOW One of the sharpest voices in precious metals just explained why he's quietly reducing leveraged positions and piling into gold and silver mining stocks. His reason? They are absurdly cheap compared to the metals they produce—and the charts are screaming breakout. THE HISTORIC VALUATION GAP ✅ Gold & silver miners (XAU index) are trading at only 4–8% of the price of an ounce of gold. ➡️ Compare that to historical averages: 25% of gold price during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000–2008 bull runs. 🔥 Right now, miners are “dirt cheap” relative to the metal in the ground. THE TECHNICAL SETUP IS PRIMED ✅ The XAU/gold ratio has been trapped in an 11-year ultra-low base. 📈 We're now challenging and rallying above that long-term resistance near 8%. 🚀 A decisive breakout from this level has historically triggered massive investor flows into miners. SILVER MINERS LOOK EVEN MORE EXPLOSIVE ✅ When you zoom in on silver miners versus gold miners, the relative strength setup is even more compelling. ➡️ The leverage to silver prices is massive—if silver keeps running, silver-focused producers stand to outperform dramatically. THE PORTFOLIO SHIFT UNDERWAY ✅ “I've already been lightening my position and moving more into junior miners.” ➡️ Preference is shifting toward unleveraged miners for the rest of this year and likely into next. 💥 “That's where the real bang for the buck comes.” THE BOTTOM LINE Gold and silver miners aren't just undervalued—they're at some of the cheapest levels in decades versus the metals they mine, with technicals flashing a potential explosive breakout that could attract a flood of capital. Time to stop calling them “cheap” and start calling them opportunity. HT: YouTube Jimmy Connor Momentum Structural Analysis Current portfolio (DYODD)👇 #Gold #Silver #MiningStocks #PreciousMetals #XAU #JuniorMiners #BullMarket
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UPDATE - M. OLIVER: WHY GOLD & SILVER MINERS ARE “FREE” RIGHT NOW One of the sharpest voices in precious metals just explained why he's quietly reducing leveraged positions and piling into gold and silver mining stocks. His reason? They are absurdly cheap compared to the metals they produce—and the charts are screaming breakout. THE HISTORIC VALUATION GAP ✅ Gold & silver miners (XAU index) are trading at only 4–8% of the price of an ounce of gold. ➡️ Compare that to historical averages: 25% of gold price during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000–2008 bull runs. 🔥 Right now, miners are “dirt cheap” relative to the metal in the ground. THE TECHNICAL SETUP IS PRIMED ✅ The XAU/gold ratio has been trapped in an 11-year ultra-low base. 📈 We're now challenging and rallying above that long-term resistance near 8%. 🚀 A decisive breakout from this level has historically triggered massive investor flows into miners. SILVER MINERS LOOK EVEN MORE EXPLOSIVE ✅ When you zoom in on silver miners versus gold miners, the relative strength setup is even more compelling. ➡️ The leverage to silver prices is massive—if silver keeps running, silver-focused producers stand to outperform dramatically. THE PORTFOLIO SHIFT UNDERWAY ✅ “I've already been lightening my position and moving more into junior miners.” ➡️ Preference is shifting toward unleveraged miners for the rest of this year and likely into next. 💥 “That's where the real bang for the buck comes.” THE BOTTOM LINE Gold and silver miners aren't just undervalued—they're at some of the cheapest levels in decades versus the metals they mine, with technicals flashing a potential explosive breakout that could attract a flood of capital. Time to stop calling them “cheap” and start calling them opportunity. HT: YouTube Jimmy Connor Momentum Structural Analysis Current portfolio (DYODD)👇 #Gold #Silver #MiningStocks #PreciousMetals #XAU #JuniorMiners #BullMarket

Mark

250,925 views • 7 months ago

ED STEER "BONFIRE OF THE SHORTS" IGNITES, BUT MINING SHARS ARE HELD HOSTAGE 🎙️ Veteran analyst Ed Steer breaks down the shocking divergence between soaring silver and stagnant mining stocks. THE GLARING DISCONNECT ✅ Silver is at $93, up ~30% YTD and posting 5-7% daily gains. ❌ The SIL silver miners ETF is up only ~14% YTD. 📉 Hecla, Pan American, & First Majestic are flat or down on huge silver up days. ➡️ "The shares right now... we'd be looking at at least a double in every silver stock." THE ACTIVE SUPPRESSION THESIS ✅ Steer's verdict: Shares are being "actively managed" and suppressed. 🤔 Purpose? To prevent mainstream attention and capital flows. 🔍 Evidence: Physical ETFs (SLV/PSLV) track the metal's price perfectly; miners do not. 💎 "They're trying to keep people... in Amazon and all these other stocks." THE "BONFIRE OF THE SHORTS" IS HERE ➡️ This parabolic move is the "bonfire of the silver shorts" predicted by analyst Ted Butler. 🔥 With silver up $8 in two days, relentless margin calls are forcing short covering. 📈 "We're in a short squeeze they'll be talking about... hundreds of years from now." THE GEOPOLITICAL & MARKET SHIFT ✅ Price discovery is now driven by Shanghai (premium >$100), not just COMEX. 🛡️ Silver is remonetizing as the 50-year fiat experiment unwinds. ⚖️ "We are living through history... the precious metals are going to be money again." THE BOTTOM LINE FOR INVESTORS The extreme undervaluation of silver equities represents a monumental opportunity. The fundamentals demand prices at least 90-100% higher. When the suppression breaks, the catch-up rally could be explosive. HT: CapitalCosm YouTube CapitalCosm #Silver #Gold #MiningStocks #Investing #PreciousMetals #Markets #Finance #EdSteer #ShortSqueeze #Commodities
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ED STEER "BONFIRE OF THE SHORTS" IGNITES, BUT MINING SHARS ARE HELD HOSTAGE 🎙️ Veteran analyst Ed Steer breaks down the shocking divergence between soaring silver and stagnant mining stocks. THE GLARING DISCONNECT ✅ Silver is at $93, up ~30% YTD and posting 5-7% daily gains. ❌ The SIL silver miners ETF is up only ~14% YTD. 📉 Hecla, Pan American, & First Majestic are flat or down on huge silver up days. ➡️ "The shares right now... we'd be looking at at least a double in every silver stock." THE ACTIVE SUPPRESSION THESIS ✅ Steer's verdict: Shares are being "actively managed" and suppressed. 🤔 Purpose? To prevent mainstream attention and capital flows. 🔍 Evidence: Physical ETFs (SLV/PSLV) track the metal's price perfectly; miners do not. 💎 "They're trying to keep people... in Amazon and all these other stocks." THE "BONFIRE OF THE SHORTS" IS HERE ➡️ This parabolic move is the "bonfire of the silver shorts" predicted by analyst Ted Butler. 🔥 With silver up $8 in two days, relentless margin calls are forcing short covering. 📈 "We're in a short squeeze they'll be talking about... hundreds of years from now." THE GEOPOLITICAL & MARKET SHIFT ✅ Price discovery is now driven by Shanghai (premium >$100), not just COMEX. 🛡️ Silver is remonetizing as the 50-year fiat experiment unwinds. ⚖️ "We are living through history... the precious metals are going to be money again." THE BOTTOM LINE FOR INVESTORS The extreme undervaluation of silver equities represents a monumental opportunity. The fundamentals demand prices at least 90-100% higher. When the suppression breaks, the catch-up rally could be explosive. HT: CapitalCosm YouTube CapitalCosm #Silver #Gold #MiningStocks #Investing #PreciousMetals #Markets #Finance #EdSteer #ShortSqueeze #Commodities

Mark

26,303 views • 7 months ago

For decades, the global silver market operated on a simple assumption: Nobody would actually demand delivery of the metal they owned on paper. That assumption just collapsed. In the first seven days of January, 33.45 million ounces of silver were physically withdrawn from COMEX for delivery. That's 26% of COMEX's registered inventory gone in a single week. Traders who had March futures contracts were paying premiums to ROLL BACKWARDS to January, demanding immediate delivery weeks early. They weren't willing to wait. They wanted metal in hand. Here's the China problem you have to understand if you're buying silver: On January 1, 2026, Beijing implemented export controls that fundamentally changed global silver supply. This wasn't a minor tweak. They reclassified silver as a strategic material, putting it in the same category as rare earths. To export silver from China now, companies need government licenses. Only 44 firms qualified. They must have annual refining capacity of 80+ tonnes and credit lines exceeding $30 million. Why does this matter? China controls 60-70% of global refined silver exports. The world's dominant refining hub just effectively ring-fenced its supply for domestic use. The physical-paper divergence: Here's where it gets uncomfortable... In Shanghai, physical silver trades at 12-13% premiums over Western paper prices. In Dubai, premiums hit 40%. In Japan, secondary market premiums reached 60%. Meanwhile, the paper-to-physical ratio on COMEX sits at 356:1. For every one ounce of deliverable silver, there are 356 ounces of paper claims. The system worked because nobody called the bluff. But now they're calling it. The supply deficit reality: The silver market has been in structural deficit for five consecutive years. Cumulative shortfalls from 2021-2025 total roughly 820 million ounces. Nearly an entire year of global mine production. Mine production peaked in 2016. Roughly 71% of mined silver comes as a byproduct from gold, copper, lead, and zinc mines. So even if silver prices double, miners can't easily ramp production. Their operations are driven by base-metal economics, not silver prices. The industrial demand trap: Unlike gold, silver isn't primarily a monetary metal. Industrial demand now represents 59% of total consumption. Solar panels. EVs. AI data centers. Semiconductors. This demand is price-inelastic. Factories don't stop production because silver got expensive... They pay whatever it takes to keep lines running. So what does this mean? Silver is now in backwardation. Spot prices above futures prices. That's rare. And it's significant. Backwardation tells you buyers want metal NOW, not paper promises for later. The last time silver showed this kind of sustained backwardation was before the 2011 spike to $49. The gold-silver ratio has compressed from over 100:1 in recent years to around 50:1 now. Historically, that ratio has traded as low as 15-20:1 in extreme moves. If gold holds and the ratio compresses further, silver will go beyond $150. It's math. My take: Silver is no longer just an industrial metal with monetary characteristics. It's becoming a triple-identity asset: industrial input, monetary metal, and strategic material. When China weaponizes export controls, when Western inventories drain, when paper claims vastly exceed physical supply, and when industrial demand is non-negotiable, you get exactly what we're seeing... A structural repricing. Pullbacks will be sharp. The CME has already raised margin requirements. But the underlying dynamics aren't speculation. They're geology, geopolitics, and supply-demand math. Physical silver in your possession has no counterparty risk. Paper claims on silver that may or may not exist? That's a different bet entirely. If you don't hold it, you don't own it.
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For decades, the global silver market operated on a simple assumption: Nobody would actually demand delivery of the metal they owned on paper. That assumption just collapsed. In the first seven days of January, 33.45 million ounces of silver were physically withdrawn from COMEX for delivery. That's 26% of COMEX's registered inventory gone in a single week. Traders who had March futures contracts were paying premiums to ROLL BACKWARDS to January, demanding immediate delivery weeks early. They weren't willing to wait. They wanted metal in hand. Here's the China problem you have to understand if you're buying silver: On January 1, 2026, Beijing implemented export controls that fundamentally changed global silver supply. This wasn't a minor tweak. They reclassified silver as a strategic material, putting it in the same category as rare earths. To export silver from China now, companies need government licenses. Only 44 firms qualified. They must have annual refining capacity of 80+ tonnes and credit lines exceeding $30 million. Why does this matter? China controls 60-70% of global refined silver exports. The world's dominant refining hub just effectively ring-fenced its supply for domestic use. The physical-paper divergence: Here's where it gets uncomfortable... In Shanghai, physical silver trades at 12-13% premiums over Western paper prices. In Dubai, premiums hit 40%. In Japan, secondary market premiums reached 60%. Meanwhile, the paper-to-physical ratio on COMEX sits at 356:1. For every one ounce of deliverable silver, there are 356 ounces of paper claims. The system worked because nobody called the bluff. But now they're calling it. The supply deficit reality: The silver market has been in structural deficit for five consecutive years. Cumulative shortfalls from 2021-2025 total roughly 820 million ounces. Nearly an entire year of global mine production. Mine production peaked in 2016. Roughly 71% of mined silver comes as a byproduct from gold, copper, lead, and zinc mines. So even if silver prices double, miners can't easily ramp production. Their operations are driven by base-metal economics, not silver prices. The industrial demand trap: Unlike gold, silver isn't primarily a monetary metal. Industrial demand now represents 59% of total consumption. Solar panels. EVs. AI data centers. Semiconductors. This demand is price-inelastic. Factories don't stop production because silver got expensive... They pay whatever it takes to keep lines running. So what does this mean? Silver is now in backwardation. Spot prices above futures prices. That's rare. And it's significant. Backwardation tells you buyers want metal NOW, not paper promises for later. The last time silver showed this kind of sustained backwardation was before the 2011 spike to $49. The gold-silver ratio has compressed from over 100:1 in recent years to around 50:1 now. Historically, that ratio has traded as low as 15-20:1 in extreme moves. If gold holds and the ratio compresses further, silver will go beyond $150. It's math. My take: Silver is no longer just an industrial metal with monetary characteristics. It's becoming a triple-identity asset: industrial input, monetary metal, and strategic material. When China weaponizes export controls, when Western inventories drain, when paper claims vastly exceed physical supply, and when industrial demand is non-negotiable, you get exactly what we're seeing... A structural repricing. Pullbacks will be sharp. The CME has already raised margin requirements. But the underlying dynamics aren't speculation. They're geology, geopolitics, and supply-demand math. Physical silver in your possession has no counterparty risk. Paper claims on silver that may or may not exist? That's a different bet entirely. If you don't hold it, you don't own it.

George Noble

447,963 views • 7 months ago

P. Baker: "At the recent LBMA meeting, the consensus was: Physical is king.” Phil Baker, former CEO of Hecla Mining (USA's largest silver producer for 20 years), reveals a seismic shift. The driver of the silver price is no longer Western speculators. ✅ India's demand in October was 60M ounces, up from 15M ounces the prior year—a four-fold increase. ✅ “That is the driver... the underlying price of silver above $45-50 is really coming out of India.” INDUSTRIAL USERS ARE PANICKING Companies are abandoning "just-in-time" supply models and hoarding physical metal. ➡️ US industrial buyers are now securing 6-9 months of inventory ahead of potential tariffs. ➡️ “My advice to them for the past 18 months: don't be short silver. They're finally putting the silver in place.” THE SYSTEM IS SHOWING ITS LIMITS ➡️Recent events prove the physical market now dictates the price. ➡️During the 10-hour CME outage, premiums in Shanghai and India “widened almost instantly.” ➡️“The physical market is driving the financial market in a way it hasn't in my career.” ➡️At the recent LBMA meeting, the consensus was: “Physical is king.” THE SUPPLY CLIFF IS A MATHEMATICAL CERTAINTY ➡️The deficit isn't cyclical; it's structural for the next decade. ➡️Mine supply peaked in 2016 at ~900M ounces and “we will not reach that level again this decade. Realistically, not until 2035.” ➡️Annual deficits are 100-200M ounces. This shortfall can only be filled by metal from investors, as central banks hold negligible silver. ➡️“It requires a much higher price and a lot of [investors] to be mobilised.... We've had low prices for a long time. As a result, you've not had the exploration.” HT: Kitco NEWS Jeremy Szafron #Silver #SilverSqueeze #India #Commodities #Markets #Investing #PMs #SupplyChain
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P. Baker: "At the recent LBMA meeting, the consensus was: Physical is king.” Phil Baker, former CEO of Hecla Mining (USA's largest silver producer for 20 years), reveals a seismic shift. The driver of the silver price is no longer Western speculators. ✅ India's demand in October was 60M ounces, up from 15M ounces the prior year—a four-fold increase. ✅ “That is the driver... the underlying price of silver above $45-50 is really coming out of India.” INDUSTRIAL USERS ARE PANICKING Companies are abandoning "just-in-time" supply models and hoarding physical metal. ➡️ US industrial buyers are now securing 6-9 months of inventory ahead of potential tariffs. ➡️ “My advice to them for the past 18 months: don't be short silver. They're finally putting the silver in place.” THE SYSTEM IS SHOWING ITS LIMITS ➡️Recent events prove the physical market now dictates the price. ➡️During the 10-hour CME outage, premiums in Shanghai and India “widened almost instantly.” ➡️“The physical market is driving the financial market in a way it hasn't in my career.” ➡️At the recent LBMA meeting, the consensus was: “Physical is king.” THE SUPPLY CLIFF IS A MATHEMATICAL CERTAINTY ➡️The deficit isn't cyclical; it's structural for the next decade. ➡️Mine supply peaked in 2016 at ~900M ounces and “we will not reach that level again this decade. Realistically, not until 2035.” ➡️Annual deficits are 100-200M ounces. This shortfall can only be filled by metal from investors, as central banks hold negligible silver. ➡️“It requires a much higher price and a lot of [investors] to be mobilised.... We've had low prices for a long time. As a result, you've not had the exploration.” HT: Kitco NEWS Jeremy Szafron #Silver #SilverSqueeze #India #Commodities #Markets #Investing #PMs #SupplyChain

Mark

104,322 views • 9 months ago

THE 15-YEAR SILVER TRAP: NEW SUPPLY IS IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL 2040 Austrian Silver expert E. Gratz: Wall Street still believes higher silver prices will magically unlock more metal tomorrow. That belief is pure fantasy. From the first discovery of a silver vein to the first finished ounce takes on average fifteen years. The physical deficit we face right now was locked in long before solar and AI demand exploded. Anyone waiting for new mines is waiting until 2040. THE CORE THESIS: THE MARKET CANNOT REACT ➡️ Today’s silver supply was planned fifteen years ago. ➡️ Exploding demand from solar and AI hits a market that has zero short-term flexibility. ➡️ The physical deficit is already set in stone. THE FATAL ILLUSION ➡️ Wall Street thinks a rising price simply pulls more silver out of the ground. ➡️ In physical reality that is completely impossible. ➡️ Mines do not appear because the chart looks good. THE BRUTAL TIMELINE ➡️ Average time from discovery to first production sits at fifteen years. ➡️ Mines that started between 2020 and 2023 needed 17.9 years according to S&P Global. ➡️ Hope for meaningful new supply before 2040 is delusion. WHO ACTUALLY HUNTS FOR SILVER ➡️ Not the big corporations. ➡️ Tiny junior explorers take the extreme risk, raise speculative capital, and drill in the middle of nowhere. ➡️ Nine out of ten projects never become economic mines. ➡️ Only one in a thousand exploration projects ever turns into a real producing mine. THE PERMITTING AND FINANCING WALL ➡️ After discovery come years of feasibility studies, environmental reviews, water rights, and negotiations with local communities. ➡️ ESG rules and bureaucracy routinely stretch the timeline into year eight through fourteen. ➡️ Hundreds of millions are spent on lawyers and permits long before the first shovel hits dirt. ➡️ Many explorers simply go bankrupt on the way. THE BOTTOM LINE The silver market is trapped in a multi-decade structural lag. Demand is exploding while new supply remains locked away for another fifteen years or more. Only physical silver you already hold protects real wealth. HT: YouTube Ernst Gratz #SilverTrap #15YearDelay #PhysicalSilver #SilverDeficit #MiningReality #SolarSilver #AISilver
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THE 15-YEAR SILVER TRAP: NEW SUPPLY IS IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL 2040 Austrian Silver expert E. Gratz: Wall Street still believes higher silver prices will magically unlock more metal tomorrow. That belief is pure fantasy. From the first discovery of a silver vein to the first finished ounce takes on average fifteen years. The physical deficit we face right now was locked in long before solar and AI demand exploded. Anyone waiting for new mines is waiting until 2040. THE CORE THESIS: THE MARKET CANNOT REACT ➡️ Today’s silver supply was planned fifteen years ago. ➡️ Exploding demand from solar and AI hits a market that has zero short-term flexibility. ➡️ The physical deficit is already set in stone. THE FATAL ILLUSION ➡️ Wall Street thinks a rising price simply pulls more silver out of the ground. ➡️ In physical reality that is completely impossible. ➡️ Mines do not appear because the chart looks good. THE BRUTAL TIMELINE ➡️ Average time from discovery to first production sits at fifteen years. ➡️ Mines that started between 2020 and 2023 needed 17.9 years according to S&P Global. ➡️ Hope for meaningful new supply before 2040 is delusion. WHO ACTUALLY HUNTS FOR SILVER ➡️ Not the big corporations. ➡️ Tiny junior explorers take the extreme risk, raise speculative capital, and drill in the middle of nowhere. ➡️ Nine out of ten projects never become economic mines. ➡️ Only one in a thousand exploration projects ever turns into a real producing mine. THE PERMITTING AND FINANCING WALL ➡️ After discovery come years of feasibility studies, environmental reviews, water rights, and negotiations with local communities. ➡️ ESG rules and bureaucracy routinely stretch the timeline into year eight through fourteen. ➡️ Hundreds of millions are spent on lawyers and permits long before the first shovel hits dirt. ➡️ Many explorers simply go bankrupt on the way. THE BOTTOM LINE The silver market is trapped in a multi-decade structural lag. Demand is exploding while new supply remains locked away for another fifteen years or more. Only physical silver you already hold protects real wealth. HT: YouTube Ernst Gratz #SilverTrap #15YearDelay #PhysicalSilver #SilverDeficit #MiningReality #SolarSilver #AISilver

Mark

42,851 views • 17 days ago

SWISS EXPERT JOCHEN STAIGER: THE BIGGEST SILVER BETRAYAL EVER – AND WHY $184+ IS STILL COMING In a raw, no-holds-barred interview after the historic crash, Silver Expert Jochen Staiger calls out the January 30, 2026 silver plunge as outright fraud. From manipulation claims to the shift to Asia, here's the unfiltered truth shaking the precious metals world. THE CRASH OF JANUARY 30: BIGGEST SINCE 1980 ➡️ Silver plunged over 30% in one brutal day – from peaks above $120 down to the $70s. ➡️ Jochen calls it "the biggest $100 billion fraud of all time" – no limits down, regulators silent. ➡️ It started right after London fixing at 15:12 CET, then $26 drop in 180 minutes. "Total madness, I've never seen anything like it." THE MANIPULATION FINGER POINTS TO JP MORGAN & COMEX ➡️ JP Morgan closed massive shorts exactly at the bottom – after past $900M+ fines for silver spoofing. ➡️ COMEX ignored circuit breakers on a thin Friday trade. "High criminal" in Jochen's eyes. "Crimex" – that's what he now calls it. Paper traded 1.83 billion ounces that day – zero physical moved. THE EAST-WEST DIVIDE: ASIA TAKES CONTROL ✅ Shanghai premiums exploded to 40%+ while COMEX crashed. ➡️ China cracked down hard on naked shorts (banned traders, 180 cases ongoing). "They did what regulators are paid for." 📍 "Asia will set the price for sure" – LBMA and COMEX fading fast. THE PHYSICAL REALITY: EMPTY VAULTS AHEAD? ➡️ COMEX registered silver dropping fast – down to low levels, potential March delivery squeeze. ➡️ China warrant gold surged from 5 to 105 tons – prepping for massive deliveries. ➡️ "If it goes under 50M oz, force majeure – then the exchange is done." JOCHEN'S BOLD TARGETS FOR 2026 & BEYOND ➡️ Silver: $184 by Christmas, possibly $200–300 on default. ➡️ Longer term (12–15 months): $208+. ➡️ Gold: $6,000–6,200 this year, up to $10,150 eventually. ANLEGERTIP FROM THE PRO: STAY STRONG & BUY DIPS ✅ Physical silver never spoils – "The ounce stays an ounce." ➡️ Buy more on pullbacks, average down. "If convinced, add when cheaper – no pain." ➡️Volatility stays high (Year of the Fire Horse), but this is wealth protection, not speculation. THE BOTTOM LINE Jochen sees the crash as desperate suppression failing against exploding physical demand and Asia's rise – the real silver revolution is just starting, and patient holders win big. #Silver #Gold #PreciousMetals #Manipulation #SilverSqueeze #Investing #WealthProtection
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SWISS EXPERT JOCHEN STAIGER: THE BIGGEST SILVER BETRAYAL EVER – AND WHY $184+ IS STILL COMING In a raw, no-holds-barred interview after the historic crash, Silver Expert Jochen Staiger calls out the January 30, 2026 silver plunge as outright fraud. From manipulation claims to the shift to Asia, here's the unfiltered truth shaking the precious metals world. THE CRASH OF JANUARY 30: BIGGEST SINCE 1980 ➡️ Silver plunged over 30% in one brutal day – from peaks above $120 down to the $70s. ➡️ Jochen calls it "the biggest $100 billion fraud of all time" – no limits down, regulators silent. ➡️ It started right after London fixing at 15:12 CET, then $26 drop in 180 minutes. "Total madness, I've never seen anything like it." THE MANIPULATION FINGER POINTS TO JP MORGAN & COMEX ➡️ JP Morgan closed massive shorts exactly at the bottom – after past $900M+ fines for silver spoofing. ➡️ COMEX ignored circuit breakers on a thin Friday trade. "High criminal" in Jochen's eyes. "Crimex" – that's what he now calls it. Paper traded 1.83 billion ounces that day – zero physical moved. THE EAST-WEST DIVIDE: ASIA TAKES CONTROL ✅ Shanghai premiums exploded to 40%+ while COMEX crashed. ➡️ China cracked down hard on naked shorts (banned traders, 180 cases ongoing). "They did what regulators are paid for." 📍 "Asia will set the price for sure" – LBMA and COMEX fading fast. THE PHYSICAL REALITY: EMPTY VAULTS AHEAD? ➡️ COMEX registered silver dropping fast – down to low levels, potential March delivery squeeze. ➡️ China warrant gold surged from 5 to 105 tons – prepping for massive deliveries. ➡️ "If it goes under 50M oz, force majeure – then the exchange is done." JOCHEN'S BOLD TARGETS FOR 2026 & BEYOND ➡️ Silver: $184 by Christmas, possibly $200–300 on default. ➡️ Longer term (12–15 months): $208+. ➡️ Gold: $6,000–6,200 this year, up to $10,150 eventually. ANLEGERTIP FROM THE PRO: STAY STRONG & BUY DIPS ✅ Physical silver never spoils – "The ounce stays an ounce." ➡️ Buy more on pullbacks, average down. "If convinced, add when cheaper – no pain." ➡️Volatility stays high (Year of the Fire Horse), but this is wealth protection, not speculation. THE BOTTOM LINE Jochen sees the crash as desperate suppression failing against exploding physical demand and Asia's rise – the real silver revolution is just starting, and patient holders win big. #Silver #Gold #PreciousMetals #Manipulation #SilverSqueeze #Investing #WealthProtection

Mark

71,623 views • 6 months ago

SILVER JUNIORS SET TO EXPLODE 🚀 THE BIGGEST LEVERAGE TO SILVER According to M. Oliver Momentum Structural Analysis , the most explosive moves won't be in the metal itself, but in the companies that pull it out of the ground. ✅ "I'm buying a lot of junior miners now... I think they could be hotter than silver, much hotter." ✅ This is a tiny, neglected sector. When money flows in, the moves are dramatic and rapid. THE PERFORMANCE MULTIPLIER The leverage in miners is already on display. ➡️ "You see a lot of days lately where silver's up 2% and they're up five." ➡️ This multiplier effect is expected to intensify during a major breakout. THE SIMPLE RATIONALE The thesis is clear and powerful. ➡️ Silver junior miners are a direct bet on higher silver prices. ➡️ They have been extremely undervalued and overlooked for years. ➡️ "When the hands come in to buy it... those little miners just go vertical." For investors seeking maximum potential in the monetary metals shift, analysis points to junior miners as the prime opportunity for exponential gains. My personal portfolio is heavily focused on silver juniors, but also includes juniors in gold, platinum and copper. DYODD. Not financial advice. Silver: $AGMR $SSV $GSVR.V $AG $ABRA $AAG $GGD $KTN $GRSL $EXN $DEF $SNAG Gold: $TUD $USAU $KGC $GWM $PEX $SPX Platinum: $SBSW $PGE $VO other: $HGRAF #SilverMiners #MiningStocks #Investing #Trading #Commodities #Breakout
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SILVER JUNIORS SET TO EXPLODE 🚀 THE BIGGEST LEVERAGE TO SILVER According to M. Oliver Momentum Structural Analysis , the most explosive moves won't be in the metal itself, but in the companies that pull it out of the ground. ✅ "I'm buying a lot of junior miners now... I think they could be hotter than silver, much hotter." ✅ This is a tiny, neglected sector. When money flows in, the moves are dramatic and rapid. THE PERFORMANCE MULTIPLIER The leverage in miners is already on display. ➡️ "You see a lot of days lately where silver's up 2% and they're up five." ➡️ This multiplier effect is expected to intensify during a major breakout. THE SIMPLE RATIONALE The thesis is clear and powerful. ➡️ Silver junior miners are a direct bet on higher silver prices. ➡️ They have been extremely undervalued and overlooked for years. ➡️ "When the hands come in to buy it... those little miners just go vertical." For investors seeking maximum potential in the monetary metals shift, analysis points to junior miners as the prime opportunity for exponential gains. My personal portfolio is heavily focused on silver juniors, but also includes juniors in gold, platinum and copper. DYODD. Not financial advice. Silver: $AGMR $SSV $GSVR.V $AG $ABRA $AAG $GGD $KTN $GRSL $EXN $DEF $SNAG Gold: $TUD $USAU $KGC $GWM $PEX $SPX Platinum: $SBSW $PGE $VO other: $HGRAF #SilverMiners #MiningStocks #Investing #Trading #Commodities #Breakout

Mark

156,568 views • 9 months ago

DAVID HUNTER'S MEGA BULL CALL: GOLD TO $6,800 & SILVER TO $180 IN 2026 Legendary macro strategist David Hunter, with over 50 years on Wall Street, just dropped his boldest update yet on precious metals and commodities. Amid a final market melt-up, he's seeing explosive upside for gold, silver, miners, and the broader commodity sector—before a major bust hits. THE SHORT-TERM MELT-UP TARGETS ➡️ Gold now targeted at $6,800 (raised from $5,500 during recent weakness). ➡️ Silver jumped to $180 (up from $125, with prior calls like $75 already crushed). ➡️ These levels could hit as early as summer 2026 or sooner in a parabolic surge. WHY HE KEEPS RAISING TARGETS ➡️ Hunter upgrades during pullbacks, not rallies—classic contrarian conviction. ➡️ "I've raised them a few times... I tend to do it not with momentum, but the opposite." ➡️ Metals have been resilient outliers, and this leg looks vertical ahead. THE MINERS & COMMODITIES BOOST ➡️ Mining ETFs get huge lifts: GDX to $180, GDXJ to $250, SIL to $220, SILJ to $90. ➡️ Post-bust world flips to a massive commodity supercycle—reshoring, infrastructure rebuild, AI power needs. 🌟 Energy, copper, oil join the party: Oil could crash to $30 then rocket to $500; copper potentially to $20+ long-term. THE BIGGER PICTURE: BUST THEN BOOM ➡️ Near-term: Final equities melt-up, then deflationary bust (12-18 months) crushes everything—including 30-70% drops in metals. ➡️ But coming out: Hyperinflation era drives gold potentially to $20,000+, silver to $500-$1,000, commodities explode on supply shortages. ⚡ "The next cycle is going to be huge... commodities, industrial stocks, energy at the top of the list." THE BOTTOM LINE David Hunter sees 2026 as the wild climax for gold, silver, and miners in the melt-up phase—followed by pain, then an epic commodity-led rebirth that could redefine wealth in the inflationary aftermath. HT: YouTube Pinnacle Digest Pinnacle Digest David Hunter Current personal portfolio for this commodity supercycle: #Gold #Silver #PreciousMetals #Commodities #Miners #DavidHunter #MacroForecast #Investing
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DAVID HUNTER'S MEGA BULL CALL: GOLD TO $6,800 & SILVER TO $180 IN 2026 Legendary macro strategist David Hunter, with over 50 years on Wall Street, just dropped his boldest update yet on precious metals and commodities. Amid a final market melt-up, he's seeing explosive upside for gold, silver, miners, and the broader commodity sector—before a major bust hits. THE SHORT-TERM MELT-UP TARGETS ➡️ Gold now targeted at $6,800 (raised from $5,500 during recent weakness). ➡️ Silver jumped to $180 (up from $125, with prior calls like $75 already crushed). ➡️ These levels could hit as early as summer 2026 or sooner in a parabolic surge. WHY HE KEEPS RAISING TARGETS ➡️ Hunter upgrades during pullbacks, not rallies—classic contrarian conviction. ➡️ "I've raised them a few times... I tend to do it not with momentum, but the opposite." ➡️ Metals have been resilient outliers, and this leg looks vertical ahead. THE MINERS & COMMODITIES BOOST ➡️ Mining ETFs get huge lifts: GDX to $180, GDXJ to $250, SIL to $220, SILJ to $90. ➡️ Post-bust world flips to a massive commodity supercycle—reshoring, infrastructure rebuild, AI power needs. 🌟 Energy, copper, oil join the party: Oil could crash to $30 then rocket to $500; copper potentially to $20+ long-term. THE BIGGER PICTURE: BUST THEN BOOM ➡️ Near-term: Final equities melt-up, then deflationary bust (12-18 months) crushes everything—including 30-70% drops in metals. ➡️ But coming out: Hyperinflation era drives gold potentially to $20,000+, silver to $500-$1,000, commodities explode on supply shortages. ⚡ "The next cycle is going to be huge... commodities, industrial stocks, energy at the top of the list." THE BOTTOM LINE David Hunter sees 2026 as the wild climax for gold, silver, and miners in the melt-up phase—followed by pain, then an epic commodity-led rebirth that could redefine wealth in the inflationary aftermath. HT: YouTube Pinnacle Digest Pinnacle Digest David Hunter Current personal portfolio for this commodity supercycle: #Gold #Silver #PreciousMetals #Commodities #Miners #DavidHunter #MacroForecast #Investing

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