Industrial Demand for Gold

Industrial Demand for Gold could be one of the increasingly more important sources of demand in the future. 

Various technologies, like gold nano particles and micro chips, are increasingly using gold.  Gold has many positive chemical properties, including non-reactivity.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliviergarret/2017/05/10/could-breakthrough-cancer-treatments-raise-industrial-gold-demand/#60a813103c5c

Overall gold demand was down by 9% year over year, to 915 tonnes.  But I think it's just a question of time until it picks up.  Feel comfortable with holding gold miners long term.