"on a positive note for us Metals Holders, a number of Miners have already announced this morning, that they will "lay off" and curtail curtail their mining operations,

 i am very pleasantly surprised that these Miners has begun to take all these Metals OFF the Market, and leave them in the ground until conditions/prices improve substantially.. "

This thinking seems a little muddled to me.  Majors may be able to put things on the back burner and weather the storm for months to year(s), however, the venture companies may have some difficulty with this.  I don't see this as a "yippy"  response situation.