Cannot speak to Gartman's opinion, but ....
Cara has indicated he is expecting a pullback, but once that is accomplished he has referred to the TOG which is an acronym for "trade of a generation" and it involves gold. Therefore I would not be too pessimistic in this regard.
Also Sinclair has an objective of 1600+ and he, at times, has wondered if this was too conservative. But he has not indicated that this would be a straight line upwards. Rather his commentary emphasizes the 'trend'.
If you follow the two (Cara and Sinclair) I believe that you would find that they are in long term agreement.
On the other hand as has been repeated here often, it would be nice to just get the permit. Without the permit, KRY has no way of participating in what others are projecting for gold.