The Perth Mint Exposed Again….NO Physical Silver In Stock?

About a week ago, I brought you an article asking whether the Perth Mint had rant out of silver.

Talk about a red alert, right?

Look, there is a reason I keep sounding the alarm about silver.

Because a lot of warning signs are flashing that say the amount of silver claimed to be on the books at certain places may not, in fact, be anywhere near accurate.

And if everyone who had paper contracts entitling them to actual, physical silver decided to exercise those contracts, there wouldn’t be enough silver to go around when the music stopped.

Ummmm, that is a major problem.

And so many people are sounding the alarm, like my friend Bo Polny when he came on my show recently and said this:

If you’re waiting to buy silver, you probably won’t be able to get it when you finally get around to buying.  The price will be irrelevant.

Well that got my attention!

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Then last week I brought you this news about the Perth Mint….all out of physical silver?

WE BROKE THE PERTH MINT!!! THEY'RE ALL OUT OF PHYSICAL https://t.co/k9Zl4tatHT #silversqueeze pic.twitter.com/NfXhKjWAtI

— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSLVR) March 16, 2021

Here’s a zoom in to see that better:

You don’t have to be Alan Greenspan to understand basic supply and demand like this….

When there is no supply left, prices go rocket ship.

I learned that in ECON101.

It’s not just Twitter reporting on the story.

Reuters did as well:

A retail investment frenzy in silver driven by social media has left dealers from the United States to Singapore scrambling for bars and coins to meet demand.

Silver prices extended their rally on Monday to an eight-year high as small investors answered calls on social media last week to buy the metal to push up prices. Retail investors cannot directly access the wholesale silver market, so instead they have bought into bars and coins. [GOL/]

“There are massive shortages. We’ll be completely out of stock if it carries on like this – the first time since our company opened in Singapore seven years ago,” said David Mitchell, managing director at Indigo Precious Metals.

Some customers sold gold to buy silver, said Gregor Gregersen, founder of Silver Bullion Pte Ltd, another dealer in Singapore.

“There’s a definite shortage of popular silver coins developing (especially North American coins),” he said. “However, we’re still able to source 1,000 oz good delivery bars at nearly the same premiums for now.”

U.S. bullion broker Apmex warned of delays in processing silver transactions because of surging volumes.

Other U.S. dealers, including JM Bullion and SD Bullion, warned customers of shipping delays of five to 10 days. Everett Millman at Gainesville Coins in Florida said they were expecting shipping delays, perhaps until perhaps mid-March, for some products like Silver Eagles and Silver Maples.

While a rapid spike in demand has tightened supplies, there is plenty of metal around and delays should ease once metal can be shipped to where it is needed, dealers and industry experts said.

Kevin Rich, global gold market adviser for Australia’s Perth Mint, said that while dealers of coins and bars might see some supply constraints and therefore charge higher premiums on these products, the Mint does not anticipate any such issues.

There is enough airline traffic to ensure supply can move around, he said, unlike last year when the lack of freight capacity disrupted gold markets.

“In the short term, stocks may run out since it takes a long time for sea shipping, but overall supply is ample,” said Peter Fung, head of dealing at Hong Kong-based Wing Fung Precious Metals.

Around 1 billion ounces of silver are produced and consumed each year, and supply has been in surplus for most of the last decade, consultants Metals Focus said.

And now my old friend Bix Weir is back on the case.

Bix has been reporting on silver for longer than I’ve been alive almost.

Bix comes from a banking background and he has an incredible understanding of derivatives and financial instruments.

And he also knows when something is NOT right.

He just posted this video today, which is a major update on my reporting about the Perth Mint, take a look:

“At this moment, we cannot meet the demand for physical silver.”

Oh my.

Look, I’m not a financial advisor and I’m nowhere near as smart as Bix, but as for me and my house….we’re stacking silver.

Real silver.

Coins and bars.

Held in my safe, in my possession.

You do you.

My friends over at DISME still have some silver Trump coins left, although even they have many sold out and no longer available.

See the full selection here.

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