Ann: Diggers and Dealers Mining Conference presentation, page-28

"It appears to me that some big boys desperately want to keep gold and gold stock prices low and accumulate."

Maybe it's possible but not something I believe .
This all about GP and is very general , not about individual companies .
Not to say that the GP hasn't been rorted previously by traders for profit and even by governments , won't say who , but am not aware of any indication of what you are suggesting .

Also widely accepted that crypto's are taking some of the shine off gold .

But it's mainly positive sentiment at present for the US economy and bond rates as I understand it that's reducing need for safe haven assets and reducing the GP.
Paper gold market is bigger than the physical and has a big effect and it's the knee jerk reaction to those unemployment numbers that seems to have done the damage and put some fear into the sector as well .
All very much IMO.