There is some serious talk by people who study it that say there is in fact more available gold above ground now than there is silver.
Estimates of worldwide gold amount to 6-8 billion ounces.
Recent estimates of available silver are usually in the 4-5 billion ounce range.
Very little gold that is mined gets lost. People always try to recover it if has been used in dental work, electronics etc. .....So just about all the gold ever mined is still around
Silver does get discarded while some gets recovered. So silver constantly has to be mined for its industrial uses. The stockpile needs constant replenishment.