Copper/Gold Ratio Tells the Story
The declining copper/gold ratio indicates a flight to safety and China's growing global ecoomic dominance over the last two decades:
https://www.longtermtrends.net/copper-gold-ratio/
China has come to dominate in the copper space:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7mGBg87jtA
This trend is only going to continue.
Hang on to your gold. Ignore short term fluxuations.