A Deep Dive into the Silver Market Webinar Summary A Deep Dive into the Silver Market - Webinar Summary with Dolly Varden Silver's (DV.v DOLLF) Shawn Khunkhun
Today, 6ix Events held a "deep dive into the silver market" webinar with DV's Shawn Khunkhun, Bunker Hill Mining's Sam Ash and Reyna Silver's Jorge Ramiro Monroy, that highlighted a range of market dynamics including factors affecting silver prices, industrial demand and more:
Silver's Journey to All-Time Highs
- Current Position: Silver has not yet reached its all-time high.
- Market Sentiment: There's a consensus that patience is required due to market uncertainties, but the outlook for the next few years is strong.
Factors Affecting Silver Prices
- Jorge's View:
- Commodity prices aren't fully reflected in equity prices.
- There's significant market uncertainty, but the alignment suggests a strong future for silver.
- Shawn's Insights:
- There's a substantial deficit between demand and supply.
- Historical precedents, like the zinc market, show that supply-demand fundamentals can exist for years before a price snap.
- Four years ago, silver was $16/ounce and has been slowly increasing since then.
- Historically, silver outperforms gold during the latter stages of precious metals markets, and currently, we're in the early stages.
- Sam's Analysis:
- Silver has been in a structural deficit in 4 out of the last 5 years.
- This deficit is expected to widen dramatically.
Equity Valuations vs. Silver Prices
- Challenges for Small Market Cap Companies:
- These companies face challenges with liquidity and trading volume, affecting their valuation more than their potential value.
- The sector is evidently undervalued given the current deficit and demand.
- Shawn's Perspective:
- The market is all about the flow of funds.
- Historical setups, like in 1971, show that low commodity prices can precede great market opportunities.
- The industry has gone through a phase of cleansing, with companies now rewarding shareholders.
Role of Speculative Market and Silver Bugs
- Sam's View:
- It's difficult to determine how much the speculative market drives silver.
- There's a tug of war between industrial demand and investment demand.
- Price targets should be based on fundamentals, indicating a need for a higher base price to support both precious and industrial perspectives.
- Shawn's Analysis:
- 70% of silver is consumed by industry, 30% by investment demand.
- The market is less speculative, with more investors holding and storing silver.
- The current price level is highly profitable, with potential for prices to reach up to $70 per ounce.
- Jorge's Opinion:
- Both long-term holders and speculative investors are needed to create trading volume for institutions.
- Factors currently keeping silver prices down aren't sustainable.
Industrial Demand
- Growth in solar energy (3% demand 10 years ago, 14% today, potentially 50% soon).
- Silver is increasingly seen as "the new gold" for younger generations.
- Only 28% of silver comes from primary silver mines, with the remaining percent coming as a byproduct from other mines
- China's growth and focus on energy independence will drive demand for silver in solar applications.
Marketing Challenges for Silver Companies
- Most silver is a byproduct of other mining activities.
- Primary silver should trade at a premium, and investors should understand the value of other metals produced.
Dolly Varden Silver
Focused on a strategic approach to exploration, resource growth, and market positioning, DV is exploring a 140M high-grade and pure-silver resource in BC's Golden Triangle, the Kitsault Valley Project, and has gained significant traction as of late in reporting remarkable results including 5 meters of 977 g/t silver and 3,600 g/t silver.
Focused on advancing and de-risking its existing silver resources while continuing to explore the highly prospective project for new discoveries, DV sees the potential to build several silver deposits in the 50-60M ounce range in the project area.
Host to several primary silver deposits with over 95% of the metal value from silver, Kitsault is a very rare project.
As one of the few pure-play silver companies in a top jurisdiction, DV offers unique exposure to the silver market amid silvers supply forecast remaining in deficit due to rising industrial demand.
For more information, refer to DV's CEO Shawn Khunkhun discussing the company's latest updates with Liberty and Finance (+100k subscribers): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUyLxu5iqFU&t=60s
Posted on Behalf of Dolly Varden Silver Corp.