RE: Sp11 Feb 2021 14:15
@Spindler - this just in - 1,000oz ("Good Delivery" player stuff ...) bars are disappearing fast (currently one month lead time), that really is the ballgame if/when they go = no physical market and wide, wide open to a default on a claim from CRIMEX.
Re demanding over spot - the reality is that the price isn't the issue, the issue is the lead time to source the metal, period. As you may expect, people in the supply chain do not sit on vast amounts of physical inventory as it's bloody expensive and bloody heavy :)
If an order for a buyer has to go back to a mine for source of Silver then that's likely to be around 2-3 months for delivery.
The bottom line - once the skinny supply channels are dry (and they are) then people are going to be sweating delivery for months which is not a position any business relying on physical silver can let itself get into so I imagine such companies are diving in for six+ months supply right now - hence.
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