Bipartisan US legislation on precious metals infrastructure does not happen by accident.
Senators Risch (R-Idaho) and Cortez Masto (D-Nevada) just introduced the SILVER Act, a bill to decentralise America's precious metals depository system. The problem is that nearly every approved storage facility for US precious metals exchanges sits in the New York City corridor. One region. One risk profile. For an entire national market.
The SILVER Act would require approved depositories across all four US time zones, backed by a broad industry coalition spanning refiners, mints, banks, and producers, including First Majestic Silver Corp.
What I find interesting about this situation is that when governments start legislating physical infrastructure around a commodity, it tells you something about conviction.
Price rallies come and go. Infrastructure bills not so much.
This is what "metals as a strategic asset class" looks like when it moves from conference panels to committee floors. Not slogans. Policy. Appropriations. Vaults.
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