There’s a saying in the resource sector investment community regarding whether or not a person might be privy to a good private placement or the inside scoop on a company that’s working on a lucrative gold or silver project. The saying goes: “If you’re out of the room, you’re out of the deal.”

As the day comes closer when the precious metals turn to the upside in earnest – well before the public mania phase alerts everyone on the planet to the potential – we could confront an event which moves the precious metals upward so quickly and violently, that people don’t have at least a core holding beforehand will be left standing at the proverbial station. That train might not just pull away, but instead launch down the rails like a rocket.

Responding to First Majestic’s decision to stockpile, rather than sell at low prices, some of its silver production, Steve St. Angelo of SRSRoccoReport.com wrote:

…investors need to be prepared for the time that acquiring physical gold and silver will be virtually impossible. It seems as if (and according to the speculation of many in the precious metal industry) the rise in the price or value of gold and silver will not occur as it did from 2009 to 2011. This time around, the values of the precious metals will probably skyrocket virtually overnight… thus creating a huge panic for the public to FINALLY GET IT. Unfortunately, by then it will be too late, as physical metal will be in very short supply.

Out of the Room… or Out to Lunch?

Right now, most Americans and Canadians are only dimly aware of the progressive destruction to their real net worth that’s taking place while inflation silently but persistently chips away at the financial foundations. As prices rise, they experience “snapshots” about specific goods and services affecting them directly, but seldom put things together to form a larger picture that clearly demonstrates what’s really going on.