Six Years of Silver Deficits: Here Are Five Companies Holding Real Ounces

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[{"type":"text","content":"Six Years of Silver Deficits: Here Are Five Companies Holding Real OuncesIssued on behalf of Americore Resources Corp.\nVANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- USANewsGroup.com News Commentary – The silver market is heading for its sixth consecutive annual supply deficit in 2026, with cumulative shortfalls now exceeding 800 million ounces over the past five years, roughly equivalent to an entire year of global mine production.[1] Industrial demand from solar panels, electric vehicles, and semiconductor manufacturing continues to outstrip new supply at a pace the market has not seen in modern history.[2] Five companies are positioned to benefit from this structural imbalance: Americore Resources (TSXV: AMCO) (OTCQB: AMCOF), Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE: WPM) (TSX: WPM), Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL), Pan American Silver (NYSE: PAAS) (TSX: PAAS), and United States Antimony (NYSE American: UAMY). The five-year cumulative deficit now stands above 800 million ounces, and 2026 is projected to add another shortfall as solar and industrial demand alone consume nearly half of annual mine supply.[3] The math is straightforward: demand is growing faster than supply, and the companies that own proven silver resources in stable jurisdictions are holding the cards. Americore Resources (TSXV: AMCO) (OTCQB: AMCOF) recently uncovered five historic core holes drilled by US Borax in 1985 at its Trinity Silver Project in Nevada that were never included in any previously reported resource estimates, signaling potentially significant silver amounts sitting in the data that nobody counted. The drill results speak for themselves: Hole SC-4 alone returned 209.5 feet grading 145.98 g/t silver, including 153 feet at 185.94 g/t. Hole SC-5 hit 246.5 feet at 97.52 g/t silver, with a higher-grade core of 70 feet at 128.26 g/t. Hole SC-1 cut 321.5 feet at 65.86 g/t, including 65 feet at 220.69 g/t. These are wide intercepts with serious grade, drilled directly in and around the historic open pit. The fact that they were overlooked in prior resource models means the existing 36-million-ounce silver equivalent resource estimate may only tell part of the story. \"The evaluation of the drone survey over the next few weeks will allow us a better understanding of not only the historic resource but also the alteration halo extending from the ...

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