U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said that as of March 7, $100 million worth of gold has been transported from Venezuela to the United States after the government authorized dealings with a Venezuelan state-owned gold mining company.
“That’s for both industrial purposes as well as other commercial uses,” Burgum told Fox News in an interview that aired March 8.
“Venezuela’s got $100 billion of resources of gold, but they’ve also got other critical minerals, bauxite for aluminum, which we need for defense, and for consumer goods. They’ve got coal resources that can be used to help generate power … to help us win the AI arms race with China.”…
Interior Secretary Announces Arrival of $100 Million in Venezuelan Gold
