Surge in silver demand6 Feb 2021 17:18
Nevada seeing surge in demand for silver, sparked by social media interest in investing
by Lauren Clark
Saturday, February 6th 2021
The Silver State is seeing demand for the precious metal.
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) —
Owner of Max Pawn Michael Mack says it caught him by surprise.
"Saturday when we opened, there was a small line outside waiting for us to open," said Mack. "Then we sold all our silver, and we were like, wait a second, something is going on here."
It's the same story across town at Gold and Silver Pawn says general manager Andy Zimmerman.
"Last weekend essentially almost all of our silver was bought out of the store," Zimmerman said.
A reflection of the silver market soaring to an eight-year high in this past Monday.
Experts believe it was driven, at least in part, by investors on Reddit forums, looking for the next big score after the Gamestop stock surge.
Good thing we're hoping to ramp up gold/silver production then....