Argenta Silver Corp
AGAGArgenta Silver Corp., a silver exploration company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of silver deposits. It holds a 100% interest in the El Quevar silver project located in Salta province, Argentina. The company was formerly known as Butte Energy Inc. and changed its name to Argenta Silver Corp. in October 2024. Argenta Silver Corp. is based in Vancouver, Canada.
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Key Information
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Argenta Silver Corp
Sector
Precious Metal
Founded
November 27, 2000
Reporting Currency
CAD
Contact Phone
604-609-6110
Website
argentasilver.comHeadquarters Address
Three Bentall Centre , Vancouver , BC V7X 1J1 , CA
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CA0399441033Commodity Portfolio
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Lab Report | Oct 6 Deep Dives on Sterling, Contango, Banyan, and Argenta
Key Highlights
detailed- A 46m intercept of 0.45 g/t gold and 0.19% copper at the Karman gold-copper target has the host thinking Argenta is touching the porphyry that, in standard epithermal models, feeds the silver system - early days, but exactly what he looks for.
- The 50-million-ounce high-grade silver resource keeps expanding: a 100m step-out beyond the resource boundary hit 1,600 g/t silver over 4m, which the host says shows unusual continuity and a team that understands the system.
- He highlights recent metallurgical work showing roughly 95% silver recovery - well above the 60-70% he says is common in silver - as removing what skeptics still call a key project risk.
- At a $126M valuation he argues the market is paying close to nothing for a growing 50Moz high-grade silver resource in Argentina with road access and mining infrastructure already in place, calling it an undiscovered gem.
- Massive surface alteration visible even on Google Earth, plus unassayed historical core now being resampled, convince him this is a big system being tested from every angle.
Sterling Metals' Sioux project near Batchewana Bay, Ontario delivered 44 metres of 1.02% copper equivalent (all metals valued as copper grade) from near surface. Host Allan Barry Laboucan argues grade plus continuity — not grade alone — decides whether a discovery can realistically become a mine. Contango Ore pairs roughly $100 million of yearly free cash flow from its 30% Mancho stake with very high-grade Lucky Shot drilling in Alaska. Banyan Gold's 1.88 g/t gap-zone hit (grams per tonne — metal weight per tonne of rock) hints its two Yukon zones form one bigger pit. Argenta Silver's broad 46-metre gold-copper intercept points to a porphyry (the deep intrusion that feeds epithermal silver veins) near its 50-million-ounce resource.
Why Argenta Silver’s Metallurgical Results Massively De-Risk El Quevar
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detailed- The CEO reports preliminary metallurgical results from 15 deposit-wide samples: primary flotation averaged 95% silver recovery (up to 99%), and the cleaner stage reached 96% recovery with a concentrate grading 14,857 g/t silver, per the September 21, 2026 news release.
- These results come from a first flotation pass with no optimization, and the CEO expects final metallurgical results within 30-60 days of the late-September 2026 interview.
- Step-out drilling in the expanded 25,000-meter program is returning intercepts the CEO puts at close to 500 g/t silver over 20 meters, or roughly a kilogram over 40 meters, and he says the deposit footprint has grown about 25%.
- The company is targeting an updated mineral resource estimate by March 2027, drilling both open ends of the deposit with the environmental baseline already completed.
- The CEO says the company has about $24 million in the bank and no debt after raising roughly $60 million over the past two years — a bit more than half spent — which he expects to fund work through the resource update.
Argenta's preliminary flotation tests (which float silver minerals into a concentrate) recovered up to 99 percent of silver with no optimization done. Cleaner-stage results returned 96 percent recovery and a concentrate grading 14,857 grams per tonne silver, with final results due in 30 to 60 days. Step-out drilling at both open ends of El Quevar keeps hitting mineralization, expanding the deposit footprint by roughly 25 percent. Argenta targets an updated mineral resource estimate (a formal tally of deposit size and grade) by March 2027 to capture that expansion. The CEO reports about C$24 million in cash, no debt, and assay turnaround delays of up to 10 weeks now easing after a lab bottleneck.
Live Q&A with Rick Rule and Albert Lu
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detailed- Rick likes Argenta Silver's grade, saying a deposit of that grade can add ounces fairly quickly.
- He likes that its access to capital is underpinned by backing from Frank Giustra and the Fiore team.
- He calls it very premature, as of July 2026, to call Argenta a 200-million-ounce deposit, though he would not rule out that it gets there.
Rule argues US debt and unfunded liabilities point to a decade of dollar erosion, making gold and quality gold stocks asynchronous bets. Gold stocks gushing cash yet trading at historically discounted multiples offer, in his view, 300-500% upside against 30-50% drawdowns. Speculators should cap position counts at their monthly study hours, size bets to what they can lose, and demand decision-tree discipline from managers. Live Q&A favors Cameco, NexGen, and Paladin for uranium exposure, plus term-contract financing as the uranium market migrates from spot to term. His unanswered-questions framework probes explorers on their pivotal unknowns, defeat criteria, and the capital and time required to reach an answer.
Joaquin Marias, CEO of Argenta Silver | Rule Symposium 2026: Rick Rule interviews
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detailed- The CEO says the Salta project hosts around 50 million ounces of pure silver, with 45.3 million ounces indicated at 482 g/t, and that only 8% of the project has been explored to date.
- About a year after the company was created in October 2024 and began drilling in May 2025, the CEO says Argenta ranked number 30 in the 2025 TSX Venture 50 for share-price and market-cap appreciation.
- The CEO argues nearby lithium-driven infrastructure (an operational railroad and pressurized gas pipeline 3 km from camp, an all-year road, a high-voltage line 16 km away, and two solar farms including South America's largest) plus over 100,000 m of historical drilling and 80 km of internal roads should keep future capex low.
- On the metallurgy debate, the CEO cites historical test work from 2009-2012 showing 90-96% silver recovery into a 10-13.5 kg per ton concentrate, and says eight of the world's largest smelters and refineries he met in Europe in November 2025 indicated the arsenic level of about 0.4% is well below penalty thresholds and antimony (1-2%) is not penalized.
- The CEO says the company is completing its own metallurgical study, expected within months of the interview, which could support a PEA and a path toward production.
Historical metallurgy points to 90-96% silver recoveries, and refiners told the CEO his high-grade concentrate would face no arsenic penalties. Smelters blend concentrates to hit furnace grades, so exceptionally high-grade silver concentrate can be diluted and stay fully economical. The project holds about 50 million ounces of silver, 45.3 million of them indicated at 482 grams per ton, with only 8% of ground explored. Infrastructure serving Salta's lithium industry — rail, gas pipeline, power line — reaches within 3 kilometers of camp, keeping future capex low. Geologist CEO Joaquin Marias followed the Salta project for 16 years before taking Argenta from creation in October 2024 to drilling by May 2025.
Newsletter Favorites Upside (using New GSD Defaults)
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brief- The host describes Argenta Silver as a long-term drill story of about four years.
Raising default price assumptions to $7,000 gold and $200 silver reflects conviction that current metal prices undershoot the macro setup. Screening 90 favorite miners at those prices prints 20-plus-bagger upside for many, but most need three-to-four-year mine builds first. Near-term producers like Guanajuato Silver need no new growth, so they offer immediate leverage if silver reaches $200. A gold-silver ratio squeeze toward 2.5-3% underpins the $175-200 silver target alongside $7,000 gold within 24-36 months. Timeline to getting paid is the key filter: the longer a mine build, the longer investors must wait for the printed upside.
Joaquin Marias of Argenta Silver Corp. talks to Chen Lin | Metals Investor Forum | February 2026
Argenta Silver CEO discusses company strategy at Metals Investor Forum, highlighting silver exploration projects supporting global energy transition. Company positioned to benefit from rising silver demand driven by renewable energy and emerging technology applications. Interview provides investors direct management access to assess leadership quality of this disciplined junior silver explorer.
Joaquin Marias of Argenta Silver Corp. presents at Metals Investor Forum in Toronto | February 2026
Joaquin Marias, CEO of Argenta Silver Corp., presents at the Metals Investor Forum in Toronto on February 27-28, 2026. The forum features highly vetted junior mining companies selected for excellent management, strong financials, and promising properties. Investors gain direct access to assess management teams through face-to-face interactions and critical Q&A sessions.
Newsletter Favorites Overview (Feb 2026)
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brief- Don considers Argenta more of a drill story than a developer - it has not even started scoping and is just drilling.
- He thinks it is a pretty good silver project and is excited because there are not many big silver projects, though it is not a top pick.
Durrett argues there is limited time left to buy gold and silver producers while they are still cheap, expecting one more significant dip. His Newsletter Favorites list leans on quality Canadian and Australian mid-tier producers, which he expects to re-rate as the bull market warms up. Companies whose second and third projects get no market value offer free upside — you pay for the first asset and get the rest for nothing. Cheap forward free-cash-flow multiples persist in West Africa and among silver producers, where weak sentiment discounts heavy leverage to metal prices. Australian producers like Ramelius reaching major-sized valuations is, in his view, the first sign the junior gold bull market is broadening.
Joaquin Marias of Argenta Silver Corp. presents at Metals Investor Forum in Vancouver | January 2026
Argenta Silver Corp. CEO presents company investment thesis at Metals Investor Forum in Vancouver, highlighting silver exploration potential. Forum features vetted junior mining companies pre-screened by newsletter writers for excellent management, financials, and promising properties. Event provides investors direct access to management teams for face-to-face due diligence and critical Q&A opportunities.
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