Australia's silver stocks rally as GameStop retail frenzy spills over

Investigator Silver

01/02/2021 24:00

** Shares of silver explorers Argent Minerals  ARD.AX , Boab
Metals  BML.AX , Adriatic Metals PLC  ADT.AX  and Investigator
Resources  IVR.AX  soar between 20% to 40%
    ** Silver prices  XAG=  leapt to a five-month high after
social media calls to buy the metal and emulate the frenzy that
has driven GameStop  GME.N  shares up 1500% in two weeks
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    ** UK-based Adriatic Metals is the top gainer on ASX All
Ordinaries index  .AORD , shares see best day in more than one
year
    ** Argent up for third straight day, hits highest since
April 2013
    ** IVR and BML see biggest intraday pct gain in about
six-months
    ** Stocks trading at more than two-times their 30-day
average volume 


 (Reporting by Anushka Trivedi in Bengaluru)
 ((Anushka.Trivedi@thomsonreuters.com; +918061823241;))