ASX Silver Stocks
Although all stocks listed below do host silver, it is rarely the principle metal. In the main the stocks are base metal plays with accessory silver. One of the exceptions is SVL with its Bowdens project. It has a reserve of 29.9Mt at 69g/t silver and a resource of 128Mt at 67g/t silver. The project also hosts minor lead and zinc.
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One of the world’s largest silver producers is the Cannington mine operated by South32. It produced over 12Moz in FY2019, along with lead and zinc. The world’s largest silver producer is Mexico-based Fresnillo, which produced 58Moz in 2018 from 3 gold-silver mines. Its largest mine, Saucito, produced 20Moz. Mexico is the world’s largest silver producer, 197Moz in 2018, compared with total Australian production of 35Moz.
Total world production in 2019 was 27,000 tonnes (952Moz). World reserves amount to 560,000t, mostly as a by-product of lead-zinc and copper deposits.
| Company | ASX Code | Share Price (c) | Shares on Issue (M) | Market Cap (M) | Project |
| Adriatic Metals | ADT | 115 | 177 | 204 | Rupice, Bosnia |
| Aeon Metals | AML | 9.5 | 678 | 64 | Walford Creek, Qld |
| Argent Minerals | ARD | 1.7 | 632 | 11 | Kempfield, NSW |
| Austral Gold | AGD | 15 | 559 | 84 | Guanaco, Chile |
| Azure Minerals | AZS | 9.2 | 162 | 15 | Oposura, Mexico |
| Equus Mining | EQE | 1 | 1412 | 16 | Cerro Bayo, Chile |
| Horizon Minerals | HRZ | 11.5 | 453 | 52 | Nimbus, WA |
| Investigator Res. | IVR | 1.8 | 846 | 15 | Paris, SA |
| Kingsgate Consol. | KCN | 44 | 226 | 100 | Chatree, Thailand |
| Kingston Res. | KSN | 18.5 | 177 | 33 | Misima, PNG |
| Myanmar Metals | MYL | 5.4 | 1769 | 96 | Bawdwin, Myanmar |
| New Century | NCZ | 23 | 830 | 191 | Century, Qld |
| Newcrest Mining | NCM | 3168 | 808 | 25597 | Cadia, NSW |
| OZ Minerals | OZL | 944 | 324 | 3060 | Prominent Hill, SA |
| Pacifico Minerals | PMY | 0.6 | 2888 | 17 | Sorby Hills, WA |
| PNX Metals | PNX | 0.8 | 2543 | 20 | Hayes Creek, NT |
| Red Metal | RDM | 9 | 212 | 19 | Maronan, Qld |
| Rimfire Pacific | RIM | 0.8 | 1585 | 13 | Fifield, NSW |
| Sandfire Resources | SFR | 440 | 178 | 783 | T3, Botswana |
| Silver Mines | SVL | 12.5 | 880 | 110 | Bowdens, NSW |
| South32 | S32 | 190.5 | 4846 | 9208 | Cannington, Qld |
| Troy Resources | TRY | 9.4 | 632 | 59 | Casposo, Argentina |
| Valor Resources | VAL | 0.15 | 1921 | 2.9 | Berenguela, Peru |
| White Rock Min. | WRM | 0.5 | 1881 | 9 | Mt Carrington, NSW |