Electronic and industrial demand for Silver - Ag significantly exceed supply." -- For 2005, the silverinstitute reports:
Mine supply was 641 million Ag ounces -
Government sales was 68 million Ag ounces -
Silver scrap was 187 million ounces -
Producer hedging was 15 million Ag ounces for a -
Total supply of 911 million Ag ounces -
Demand is as follows:
Industrial applications, 409 million Ag ounces -
Photography, 165 million Ag ounces -
Jewelry & Silverware, 250 million Ag ounces -
Coins & medals, 41 million Ag ounces -
Additional investment, only 47 million Ag ounces -
Mine supply is less than industrial demand -
The difference is mostly met through government sales from India, and scrap recycling -
Scrap metal recovered was far greater - than investment demand, and investment demand - was a tiny 5% of the market in 2005 - There was no investment demand for the ten years prior - as investors were mostly selling -
Investor demand is really only just beginning -
Investors have tens of trillions worth of fiat paper money -
about 100,000 times more than the size - of the Silver market -
Even a tiny interest in Silver will cause - the price to skyrocket -
FMNJ - with the large old Silver - Inca Cerro Rico Mine - rich ore veins - other future Silver mining companies - will line up in front of FMNJ doors - to get any opportunity to be in - to an option to participate in an FMNJ joint venture - to become a partner etc. -