USGS concludes that silver should be added to the 2025 Critical Minerals list (alongside several other commodities) based on their quantified economic risk framework.
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Silver is the quiet backbone of defense. Talks to grant Russia mineral rights in Ukraine’s Donbas—and even Alaska—risk handing Moscow strategic silver and critical minerals. As the Arctic opens, the West must secure supplies and protect national security.
From WWI to the Cold War, U.S. War Savings Stamps turned 90%-silver coins into interest-free financing and strategic metal—fueling surveillance film, silver-zinc batteries, and Manhattan Project coils. Celebs, cartoons, and Schools at War gamified saving—a soft, patriotic confiscation.
What is the true state of silver affairs? – a poignant question for our times, as this document reveals insiders warned that a silver-backed ETF could trigger a persistent global shortage. Nearly 20 years on, silver's supply crisis can no longer be ignored.
When silver runs out, AI and crypto collapse into copper: slower, hotter, weaker. No stockpile, no backup. The downgrade is coming—unless we act now to secure strategic silver.
WWI's aerial photography spurred unprecedented industrial silver consumption. "Silver eyes in the sky" capturing war photos radically shifted silver from useless to a critical industrial commodity, forever changing global resource demand.