Trump Officials Seal Venezuelan Gold Deal Aiming at U.S. Refining Markets
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Trump officials brokered a multimillion-dollar deal in which Venezuela's state mining company Minerven will deliver 650–1,000 kilograms of gold doré to Trafigura for U.S. refiners, under a framework that extends U.S. access to Venezuela's resources; Interior Secretary Burgum helped shepherd the arrangement as part of broader Trump-era resource deals, with mining-law reforms in Venezuela and mixed reactions from Democrats and supporters about who benefits.
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