At time of writing the share price of Silver Mines Limited [ASX:SVL] is up 11.29%, trading at 6.9 cents.
As a pure play silver company, the SVL share price as you can see is highly correlated with the silver price. You can see the two paired up on the chart below:
Source: tradingview.com
Today we look at Silver Mines’ recent reply to an ASX price query and the relationship between gold and silver.
Nothing shady about SVL share price increase
The ASX sent a price query letter to SVL yesterday which said:
‘We note the change in the price of SVL’s securities from a low of $0.045 on 15 July 2019 to a high of $0.062 today, 18 July 2019. We also note the significant increase in the volume of SVL’s securities traded from 16 July 2019 to 18 July 2019.’
It was a sharp increase but one which Silver Mines says can be explained by the recent movement in the silver price.
They note that, ‘The silver price has increased by approximately US$1.50 per ounce (10.3%) since 16 June 2019. Since 16 July 2019, the silver price has increased from approximately US$15.30 per ounce to a high of approximately US$16.32 per ounce (6.7%).’
They continue their response to the price query by noting that their 100% owned Bowdens Silver Project in central NSW ‘is the largest known undeveloped silver project in Australia and one of the largest globally.’
The gold/silver ratio since 2000 can be seen below (drawn from a May presentation):
Source: Silver Mines Limited
You can see what has been happening with the gold/silver ratio recently:
Source: goldprice.org
It has come down from as high as 93 with silver’s recent charge, but is still well above the long-term average.
With silver demand in the auto sector (EVs) and solar cells projected to increase, there could be something more sustained behind silver and Silver Mines’ recent rise.
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Lachlann Tierney
For Money Morning