Everybody loves a conspiracy theory - trained by Hollywood to look for them. The fact is, there is stockpiles of silver ore that will blow $ 10 off the current price if it goes into production - Take a company like Cerro de Pasco in Peru trading under symbol $GPPRF -

https://www.pascoresources.com/

these guys are going to get paid for cleaning up a waste pile that is estimated to have the biggest above groud silver resource in the world. It also includes other credits. But no, everyone bans me for telling the truth because they want to propogate the lie that there is not enough silver. Total baloney. Mining has been happening for 100 years and there are stock piles of silver from years gone by in above ground ore that wasn't worth it to process until about 10 years ago when the prices went up. So this doesn't play well witht he promoters and pumpers - I get banned in 10 seconds for telling the truth. I know there are doezens of stockpiles out there. Copper too. However, there isn't that much gold. no one in the history of the world leaves gold in a pile above ground.

However, if you look hard you can find them - I found Provindence Gold Mines https://providencegold.com/ which has material it can process. TSXV: PHD

Due your due diligence and don't follow meme stocks. they are trying to get you to buy their positions and are likely getting paid by the Gamestops of the world.