{"id":2932,"date":"2025-08-30T02:53:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T06:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/?p=2932"},"modified":"2025-08-30T02:53:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T06:53:30","slug":"silver-becomes-critical-mineral-and-minaurum-could-be-strategic-silver-play-of-this-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/articles\/silver-becomes-critical-mineral-and-minaurum-could-be-strategic-silver-play-of-this-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Becomes Critical Mineral and Minaurum Could Be Strategic Silver Play of This Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At this moment, our excitement<\/strong><\/span> for Minaurum Gold (TSXV: MGG)<\/strong> stands<\/span> above<\/span> <\/strong>any public<\/span> company<\/strong> we’ve ever covered<\/strong><\/span> in our careers. Despite its name, MGG<\/strong> is overwhelmingly<\/span> focused<\/span><\/strong> on silver<\/strong><\/span>, with its flagship<\/span> Alamos Silver Project<\/span><\/strong> positioned to become one of Mexico’s next<\/span> great<\/span> primary silver districts<\/span><\/strong>. Although Alamos<\/strong> is a polymetallic<\/strong><\/span> system<\/strong> containing copper<\/strong><\/span>, lead<\/strong><\/span>, and zinc<\/strong><\/span>, its value is driven <\/span>primarily<\/span><\/strong> by silver<\/strong><\/span> — with recent drilling returning average<\/span> grades<\/strong> of 220 g\/t Ag<\/strong><\/span>, 0.40% Cu<\/strong><\/span>, 0.96% Pb<\/strong><\/span>, and 2.05% Zn<\/strong><\/span>, or 365 g\/t AgEq<\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The U.S. Department of the Interior<\/strong> has just released<\/strong><\/span> its draft 2025 Critical Minerals List<\/strong> — and for the first <\/strong><\/span>time<\/strong> ever, silver<\/strong><\/span> has been officially<\/span> added<\/span><\/strong>. This marks a major<\/span> policy shift<\/strong> that recognizes<\/strong><\/span> silver’s<\/span> essential<\/span> role<\/strong> in solar panels<\/strong>, EVs<\/strong>, advanced electronics<\/strong>, and defense applications<\/strong>. With silver<\/strong><\/span> now elevated<\/strong><\/span> to “critical mineral”<\/strong> status, U.S. policymakers<\/strong> are signaling<\/span> growing<\/span> urgency<\/strong> around securing future<\/span> supply<\/strong> amid rising<\/span> global<\/span> demand<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

This development comes at a moment when Mexico<\/strong>, the world’s<\/span> #1 silver producer<\/span><\/strong>, is grappling<\/strong><\/span> with years<\/strong> of underinvestment<\/strong> in exploration<\/strong> and a freeze<\/strong><\/span> on new<\/span> concessions<\/strong> stemming from policies enacted<\/span><\/strong> under the AMLO administration<\/strong>. Years of anti-mining policies<\/strong> have slowed <\/span>permitting<\/strong> and discouraged<\/span> fresh<\/span> capital<\/strong>, raising<\/span> concerns<\/span><\/strong> about the long-term replacement<\/span><\/strong> of reserves<\/strong><\/span>. In this environment, Minaurum Gold (TSXV: MGG)’s Alamos Silver Project<\/span><\/strong> stands out uniquely<\/strong><\/span>: it is one of the very few<\/strong><\/span> district-scale silver projects<\/span><\/strong> in Mexico<\/strong> that already completed<\/span> key<\/span> permitting<\/strong> and community agreements<\/strong> ahead of its maiden NI 43-101 resource<\/strong> estimate. With early<\/span> de-risking<\/span><\/strong> already achieved<\/strong><\/span>, Alamos<\/strong> is positioned as a strategic<\/span> asset<\/span><\/strong> in the global<\/span> silver pipeline<\/span><\/strong> precisely when new<\/span> projects<\/strong> in Mexico<\/strong> are becoming increasingly<\/span> scarce<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Minaurum<\/strong> currently has four drill rigs turning<\/span><\/strong> at Alamos<\/strong>, aggressively advancing<\/span> multiple<\/span> vein systems<\/strong> across the district. With a maiden NI 43-101 resource<\/strong> expected this fall, every meter of core<\/strong> brings the company closer to defining one of Mexico’s next<\/span> great<\/span> silver resources<\/span><\/strong>. At a time when few<\/span> new<\/span> silver projects<\/span><\/strong> are advancing<\/strong><\/span> in the world’s<\/span> #1 silver-producing<\/span> country<\/strong>, Minaurum<\/strong> is not waiting<\/strong><\/span> on the sidelines<\/strong> — it is drilling<\/span> full-speed<\/span><\/strong> ahead!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Past performance is not an indicator of future returns. NIA is not an investment advisor and does not provide investment advice. Always do your own research and make your own investment decisions. NIA has received compensation from MGG of US$30,000 cash for a three-month marketing contract and previously received US$30,000 cash for a three-month marketing contract which has since expired. This message is meant for informational and educational purposes only and does not provide investment advice.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At this moment, our excitement for Minaurum Gold (TSXV: MGG) stands above any public company we’ve ever covered in our careers. Despite its name, MGG is overwhelmingly focused on silver, with its flagship Alamos Silver Project positioned to become one of Mexico’s next great primary silver districts. Although Alamos is a polymetallic system containing copper, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[48,9,49,84,26,17,24],"class_list":["post-2932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-copper","tag-gold","tag-lead","tag-mgg","tag-politics","tag-silver","tag-zinc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2936,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932\/revisions\/2936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}