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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Fatima Hussein and Regina Garcia Cano

BIZARRE: Us issues a license that authorizes sales of venezuelan gold | Mind Blowing Facts

Venezuela US - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The U.S. issued a license Friday that authorizes dealings with Minerven, Venezuela's state-owned gold mining company, in the latest sign of the Trump administration’s intent to exercise more control over that country’s natural resources.

The license was issued after U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum met in Venezuela with acting President Delcy Rodríguez this week, as well as with representatives of more than two dozen U.S. mining and minerals companies. Many of them previously operated in Venezuela.

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