P.S. Where did I "thump my bible?" As a trained journalist and screen writer, I think bible is capitalized. I might note that I rarely contribute to this forum. It seems easy to rub folks the wrong way here. I gather I stroked your envy.

I have not used this forum as a sales tool. Was giving advice to a member who wants gold. Big dealers have gold and silver available. I sell mostly gold dore, with silver and some platinum. LionelHutz likely wants coins. I do sell some raw gold to local buyers for supplies and some goes to a Persian gold buyer. I do not need buyers from the forum. I belong to numerous mining forums and mining groups, from linked to FB and far beyond. Sell mining equipment worldwide and have customers all over the planet. I also write for mining magazines, both features and hard news. Write screen plays for fun.

Am a former stock broker and market letter writer and technical analyst as well. The Dow Jones Industrials will hit a new high soon. Metals have already declined for 30+ months. The bear market is over in gold and silver. The beginning of the end has begun for your world. Gone with the Wind. Wake up.

Yes, most goes to refiners. It gets sold for paper. We are a small mine as such things are measured. A large mine is one with a million or more ounces,or several tens of millions of ounces like Pretium Resources in BC with the Valley of the Kings ore body and the Cleopatra Lode.

Or a place to thump your bible.

Apparently Robbie, the owners of this site put little restrictions on what can be posted here, so, what, if anything, is he doing wrong?

Ease up, partner :-)
He's a miner. We wouldn't be his customers. He almost certainly sells to refiners, not to the common joe like you and me.

My unreliable crystal ball says we're heading into an expansion and precious metals will decline for the next few years.

Large dealers have stock on hand. I will likely be selling freshly mined gold in a few months. We have about 200,000 ounces in the ground. Will be doing withdrawals when the snow melts.

Thanks for the heads up, I haven't been following them at all.

I TRIED to buy in Austin and San Antonio last weekend and received multiple "sorry, none available" replies. If this is something you're interested in, you're going to want to move fast and may have to use (reputable!) national dealers. China and India accelerated their gold buying after the April 15 slide, and that's never coming back here. Your luck with silver may be better. I won't get into which one is better to hold, but from my vantage point, silver is definitely going to be easier to obtain!