Sprott’s CIO Maria Smirnova on Silver Shortage – Why Prices Could Explode
Is a historic silver shortage about to send prices vertical? Sprott Asset Management CIO Maria Smirnova says we’re five years into a 1.2-billion-ounce supply deficit, and industrial demand from EVs, solar panels, and AI-hungry data centers is only accelerating. With mine output falling, exchange inventories drained, and silver’s market a tiny $30 billion a year, just a flicker of Western investment could light the fuse.