Spot Silver Price Breaks Above $100 Per Ounce

The assessment is 'likely_true' with high confidence based on strong, direct evidence from a high-authority source that is corroborated by several other credible sources. The primary supporting evidence comes from APMEX, a major precious metals dealer with high authority (0.90), which explicitly shows a silver spot price of $97.44, directly confirming the statement.This direct evidence is strongly supported by other high-authority financial data providers. TradingView notes silver 'pushed toward 96' and set a 'new all-time high', while a data table from Trading Economics shows a silver price of $96.72. Investopedia further corroborates this by stating the price surged 'above $93 per ounce'. While these sources do not independently confirm a price over $97, they consistently establish a price level in the mid-$90s, making the $97.44 figure from APMEX highly plausible.The evidence contradicting the statement is significantly weaker and less credible. A Facebook post from The Business Times is internally inconsistent, and a post on a coin collector's forum refers to the historical 1980 price peak, which is not relevant to the recent price action described by the primary sources. Other sources were either irrelevant (e.g., focused on gold or futures contracts) or lacked specific price data. Therefore, the collective weight of consistent, high-authority evidence strongly supports the statement's truthfulness.