COMEX Warehouse Stocks Mar 1, 2011

SILVER

ZERO ozs withdrawn from the dealer’s (registered) inventory
27,170 ozs deposited in the customer (eligible) inventory
Total dealer inventory 43.14 Mozs
Total customer inventory 59.44 Mozs

Combined Total 102.58 Mozs

GOLD

7,500 ozs deposited in the dealers (registered) category
64,300 ozs deposited in the customer (eligible) category
Total dealer inventory 2.48 Mozs
Total customer inventory 8.66 Mozs
Combined Total 11.14 Mozs

There were 7.5 Kozs of gold deposited in the dealer inventory and 64.3 Kozs of gold deposited in the customer inventory. There were 0.03 Mozs of silver deposited in the customer inventory. We still have a "102" handle on the total inventory.

There were 120 delivery notices issued in the MAR gold contract. The MAR gold delivery notice total for the month is 943 notices or 94,300 ozs.

There were only 42 delivery notices issued in the MAR silver contract. The MAR silver delivery notice total for the month is 292 or 1.46 Mozs. The shorts clearly have a problem with available silver because this is a very low amount of delivery notices that have been issued for the first two days of the delivery month. There are still 2,833 MAR contracts outstanding which together with the delivery notices issued means the total potential delivery could be 16.6 Mozs or 36% of the registered inventory.
Cheers
Adrian