U.S. brought back $100 million of gold from Venezuela, Interior Secretary Burgum says [View all]

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U.S. brought back $100 million of gold from Venezuela, Interior Secretary Burgum says

Published Wed, Mar 25 202 612:11 PM EDT Updated Wed, Mar 25 20261:35 PM EDT
Spencer Kimball

Key Points
* The Trump administration brought back $100 million of gold from Venezuela for U.S. refiners, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said.
* Burgum traveled to Venezuela earlier this month with oil and mining executives.
* The U.S. sees a major opportunity to invest in the country’s mining sector, Burgum said.


Doug Burgum, US secretary of the interior, at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, Texas, US, on Wednesday, March 25, 2026.
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HOUSTON — Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Wednesday that the U.S. recently brought back $100 million of gold from Venezuela.

Burgum visited Venezuela with oil and mining executives earlier this month to meet with interim President Delcy Rodriguez.

“There hadn’t been a shipment of precious metals between Venezuela and America in over 20 years,” Burgum told energy executives at S&P Global’s CERAWeek conference in Houston.

“At the end of the two days, we were able to bring home $100 million of gold — physically, the gold,” the Interior secretary said. U.S. refiners will use the gold for commercial and consumer purposes, he said.

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We invaded Venezuela, kidnapped their leader and installed a puppet, and are now pillaging the country's resources just like the fascists in the 1930s did, and somehow this has already been normalized and isn't being treated as the crime it is

U.S. brought back $100 million of gold from Venezuela, Interior Secretary Burgum says
The Interior secretary said Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, wants foreign investment in the country's mining sector.
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2:22 PM · Mar 25, 2026
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We invaded Venezuela, kidnapped their leader and installed a puppet, and are now pillaging the country's resources just like the fascists in the 1930s did, and somehow this has already been normalized and isn't being treated as the crime it is

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-25T18:22:24.837Z