This is b/c they are trading in pairs, and have been for a while now--long gold/silver physical/futures...short mining shares. And we're talking HUGE money. If it's all private indpdt hedgies, at some point they will cover.
If it's the government, shorting thru their gangster bankster traders, who knows..."our" govt is no longer ours...no longer for WeThePeople...and the DTCC is as criminal an outfit performing as criminal an activity (ie, allowing massive naked shorting) as ever existed in history. It's all about keeping power and keeping the dollar the reserve currency...or actually probably more, keeping it the reserve currency as long as possible, but with the end goal of completely debasing it (as gradually as possible...gradually ain't working too well lately) since our debt is totally unpayable except is completely devalued pieces of paper.
Don't know the answer about what to do about it. Some say sell all paper and put it all in physical gold/silver. Each has to make his own choice. The leverage is in the shares...the security is in the physical.
And all JM(educated)O...jt