54% of the demand for silver came from industry in 2013 – a figure that’s set to rise to 57% this year, according to Thomson Reuters. That would represent a new all-time high for silver’s industrial usage.

Looking further ahead, precious metals consultancy firm, Metals Focus, says industrial demand for silver will grow by at least 5% annually through 2016. That’s higher than forecast global GDP growth during that period.

And silver usage cuts across a swath of industries – semiconductors, electronics, chemicals, and solar power.

Indeed, the latter is especially interesting at the moment…

The Silver/Solar Relationship

Silver is a key component in the manufacturing process for photovoltaic solar panels. Every solar panel contains about 20 grams of silver.

In China alone, the number of solar panels manufactured has doubled every year since 2003. And with no end in sight to this trend, it’s no wonder that Metals Focus says silver demand from photovoltaics will climb by 10% this year.

Overall, demand for silver from the solar power industry will continue to hit record highs in the years ahead, on the back of solar analysts, who say that global demand for solar power will double over the next five years.

http://www.wallstreetdaily.com/2014/08/09/solar-industry-silver/

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The water book

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THE Reserve Bank sold most of the nation’s gold reserves more than a decade ago because the board believed its price would remain flat

They believed also the commodity would not play a role in a future financial crisis.

The decision to sell 167 tonnes of the bank’s reserves has cost the nation about $5 billion based on today’s soaring price of almost $1400 an ounce.

A board paper recommending the decision to sell conceded that gold served as “insurance against a breakdown in the international financial system”, but it then dismissed the need for holding this valuable asset. The paper has been obtained by The Australian under Freedom of Information laws. Read full story

In terms of gold holdings per country Australia is now number 37! Thank you Peter Costello.

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World Silver Supply and Demand
World Silver Supply

Silver deficit

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This article is about Palladium and the amount of short interest major players have.

gold shorts
But have a look at the second last column in the chart the “industrial+ investment-precious-metal” metal.

So I wonder do these words apply to both? “As you can see in the chart at right, the eight largest futures traders are short 127 days of world palladium production. That’s at a 13-year high, and it’s more than any precious metal, and more than all other major commodities.”

“If the palladium price should suddenly rise significantly, those traders would likely be forced to quickly cover their massive short positions. “

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Have Silver Prices Finally Bottomed
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Is the Price for Gold and Silver Reversing?
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Platinum and palladium prices meantime fell hard as South Africa’s AMCU union … With gold and silver trading above $1270 and $19.35 per ounce …

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Gold, silver prices rise on global cues
Business Today
Gold prices rose by Rs 70 to Rs 27,250 per ten gram in the national capital on Friday on increased buying by stockists, taking positive cues from the …

Jobs Report Pushes Gold, Silver Prices Lower Today
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Gold prices were trying to breach $1,260/oz this morning, but have given up its gains and turned lower. Gold is trading down $5 (0.4%) at $1,248/oz …

Fireworks for Silver? Stage Set for Explosive Gains
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The explosion in silver is coming – it didn’t occur in 2011. Expect higher silver prices ahead. When? Ask JP Morgan, banks, or just wait for the pressure …

Gold, silver rise on global cues
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Gold and Silver Market news; Today’s gold per ounce price and silver per ounce price Spot gold
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Stock indices in the U.S. hit intra-day highs once again during the last full trading session as investors prepared for today’s much anticipated monthly …

Kitco Fills Impending Silver Fix Void
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Gold price remains bearish on poor offtake, silver recovers
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Scrap gold and Platinum prices fall, Silver scrap gains
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INVESTIGATOR RESOURCES LTD – ASX: IVR
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Description
Investigator Resources Limited (ASX code: IVR) is a metals explorer focusing on silver, copper and gold discoveries, close to infrastructure on the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas, South Australia with the objective of becoming a producer.

The company is named after Matthew Flinders’ ship, ‘The Investigator’, a small former coal barque that outsailed the French in mapping the coasts of the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas to claim South Australia for the British.

Investigator Resources belies its small size by applying innovative concepts and exploration techniques to secure quality ground and to compete for the next major metal discovery in Australia.

Peterlumbo JV Silver Project, Eyre Peninsula – South Australia
Paris Silver Project:
• Maiden Inferred Mineral Resource: 5.9Mt at 110g/t silver and 0.6% lead, containing 20Moz silver and 38kt lead credit at a 30g/t silver cut-off.
• Maiden silver resource of significant size and grade.
• Shallow deposit and potentially amenable to open-pit mining.
• Good initial metallurgical silver recoveries of between 65% and 97%, utilising conventional extraction process.
• Expansion opportunities on tested and untested extensions.

Paris Expansion Target Area (PETA):
• Encouraging silver and lead assays; 3m @ 263g/t silver and 6m @ 4.34% lead were achieved in late 2013 scout drilling on interpreted extensions to the Paris deposit.
• The drilling is considered to have investigated about 1.5km of potential extensions aggregating as 8km targeted strike length. This showed deeper silver targets are likely that did not produce an initial soil geochemical signature but still offer shallow open-pittable potential starting about 50m below the surface.

Satellite Targets:
• Within 15km radius of the Paris Silver Project, four high-priority Prospects; Argos, Ares, Helen and Diomedes.
• Ajax Prospect (35km east of the Paris Silver Project), defined as large and high-amplitude silver anomalies with strong peak silver-in-soil values up to 21g/t silver that is ten times the peak of the Paris soil signature, close to Frakes silver discovery (10m @990g/t silver).

Uno/Morgans Project, East Eyre Peninsula – South Australia
• Potential epithermal field in the same geological position as the Paris Silver Project, but 85km further east.
• Mapping identifies subtle outcrops including gossans and extensive float of epithermal mineralisation. Soil sampling delineated multiple large targets.
• Rock chip assays up to 234g/t silver, 0.87% copper, 1.9% lead, 0.12% cobalt and an outlier of 9.28g/t gold.
• Highest priority Hurricane target with widespread silver-anomalous float extended to 400m by 2.5km area, including a single rock float assay of 9.28g/t gold.
• Potential for large poly-metallic system offering diverse shallow targets ranging from copper-silver-cobalt to epithermal silver with a possible gold-bearing cap.

Early success, with the discovery of the Peterlumbo epithermal field, shows IVR’s approach is working and upgrades their other soil geochemical targets across the Moonta Corridor.

Northern Yorke Peninsula IOCG Projects, Yorke Peninsula – South Australia
• Shallow magnetic targets at Roundabout and Spyall on extensions to the historic Moonta copper field and Hillside trends.
• At prospective northwest jogs as seen on Eyre Peninsula.
• Recent gravity surveys and modelling indicate shallow IOCG targets within 50m to 200m of surface.

Exploring For
Silver, copper and gold

Location of Projects
South Australia

Address
Suite 48, Level 3, 2 Benson St
TOOWONG, QLD, Australia

Phone
(61 7) 3870 0357

Email
[email protected]

Website
http://www.investres.com.au/

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Bitcoin Vs. Gold

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Silver to $100

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