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The Silver Deficit Just Hit Year Six and Junior Miners Are Responding
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\nThe Silver Deficit Just Hit Year Six and Junior Miners Are Responding\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\n\n\nIssued on behalf of GoldHaven Resources Corp.VANCOUVER, BC, April 29, 2026 /CNW/ -- EquityInsider.com Sector Commentary — Silver just posted its sixth consecutive annual supply deficit, with the 2026 shortfall widening 15% to 46.3 million troy ounces[1]. That means demand has outpaced production for half a decade straight, and the gap is getting wider, not narrower. At the same time, governments are pouring capital into critical minerals at a pace that would have seemed unlikely even two years ago; the United States convened 54 nations at the 2026 Critical Minerals Ministerial and committed $10 billion to a new strategic reserve through Project Vault, while Canada signed cooperation agreements with 21 global partners[2]. When the commodity is draining and the policy tailwind is accelerating, the juniors sitting on diversified polymetallic deposits tend to separate from the pack. Five of them are doing exactly that: GoldHaven Resources (CSE: GOH) (OTCQB: GHVNF), Blackrock Silver Corp. (TSXV: BRC) (OTCQX: BKRRF), Hycroft Mining (NASDAQ: HYMC), Aya Gold & Silver (TSX: AYA) (OTCQX: AYASF), and NevGold (TSXV: NAU) (OTCQX: NAUFF).\nThe analyst consensus is shifting to match the structural picture. Bank of America projects silver could reach between $135 and $309 per ounce by year end if the gold-to-silver ratio compresses toward historical extremes, while J.P. Morgan's base case sits at $81 per ounce[3]. Those targets are built on a simple foundation: the market has drawn down 762 million troy ounces from above-ground inventories since 2021, roughly an entire year of global mine output, and advanced polymetallic juniors carrying embedded critical mineral exposure now represent the highest-conviction discovery-stage repricing opportunity in the sector[4].GoldHaven Resources (CSE: GOH) (OTCQB: GHVNF) has hired Dias Airborne Limited to fly a 1,741 line-kilometre high-resolution magnetic survey over its flagship Magno...