Advertisement/Advertising – This article is distributed on behalf of Discovery Silver Corp. and Fortuna Mining Corp., with whom SRC swiss resource capital AG has paid IR advisory agreements. Creator: SRC swiss resource capital AG · Author: Ingrid Heinritzi · First published: January 7, 2026, 6:55 p.m. Zurich/Berlin

The growing importance of silver in industry is undisputed. Private and institutional investors have increasingly turned to the precious metal. After reaching a new all-time high at the end of 2025, the price then began to fall. This was due to profit-taking and China’s announcement of an export license requirement. Controls on silver exports are therefore being tightened. And silver is no longer a common commodity but is now seen as a strategic raw material that is gaining importance for the defense industry and other industries.

China has given silver strategic status. China, which is a leader in many areas of the commodity market, had announced that it would impose export controls on rare and strategic metals. Silver was included among these commodities, along with antimony and tungsten. The US added silver to its list of critical metals in November. Chart technicians see a support zone at US$69.55 per troy ounce of silver. If the highs of just under US$84 are reached, then nothing should stand in the way of a further upward price breakout.

Silver, which has been in deficit for years, is used in industry for around 60 percent of its total consumption. And in the growing solar industry, silver cannot be replaced at this point, as it is the metal with the highest electrical conductivity and extremely good light reflection. There is therefore much to suggest that silver will continue its triumphant advance, and with it the mining companies that own silver in their projects, such as Fortuna Mining and Discovery Silver.

Discovery Silver – https://www.commodity-tv.com/ondemand/companies/profil/discovery-silver-corp/ – owns the extremely promising Cordero project in Mexico. The reserve amounts to more than 300 million ounces of silver. The company has also recently started producing gold. Gold sales rose by 56 percent in the third quarter compared to the second quarter (Porcupine project).

Fortuna Mining – https://www.commodity-tv.com/ondemand/companies/profil/fortuna-mining-inc/ – is a successful gold and silver producer with mines in West Africa and Latin America. In the third quarter of 2025, more than 72,000 ounces of gold were produced. The mine in Senegal is scoring highly with very good drilling results, and a construction decision is expected in the second quarter of 2026.

Current company information and press releases from Fortuna Mining (- https://www.resource-capital.ch/en/companies/fortuna-mining-corp/ -) Discovery Silver (- https://www.resource-capital.ch/en/companies/discovery-silver-corp/ -).

Source:

https://invezz.com/de/news/2025/12/31/china-wird-die-exportkontrollen-fur-silber-verscharfen-was-bedenken-hinsichtlich-der-globalen-lieferketten-aufwirft/

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