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The $100 million worth of gold the United States brought back from Venezuela a few weeks ago was the first in quite some time, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Wednesday.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum on Sunday confirmed a $100 million gold shipment from Venezuela arrived to the United States on Friday, days after he met with “acting President” Delcy Rodríguez.

The FBI and state police agencies are cracking down on gangs of Indian nationals who sell fake gold bars to trusting American seniors.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a longtime ally of deposed and incarcerated narco-terrorist dictator Nicolás Maduro, is looking for a role in the crisis currently unfolding in Venezuela – and hoping to protect the investments Turkey made with the corrupt socialist regime.

Financial experts argue that gold and silver are once again obtaining their “monetary value” due to the outsized fiscal deficits around the world.

A Chinese mining company exported $25.6 million worth of Nicaraguan gold to Miami between January and August 2025.

President Donald Trump took action Monday to reverse a Biden-era decision on Ambler Road, which would provide access to the Ambler Mining District in northern Alaska, an area rich in copper and other key minerals, including gold and silver.

The African nation of Ghana accuses Chinese nationals of running illegal gold mines in addition to the billions China has invested.

The Trump administration is going to Fort Knox to see if the gold is still there, President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday.

Elon Musk and his DOGE team are ready to enter Fort Knox to ensure all the gold bars are still there.

A court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Tuesday sentenced three Chinese nationals to seven years in jail for participating in illegal gold mining operations.

Nicaragua’s communist regime has granted control of the nation’s gold mines to China in dubious and expedited procedures, the Argentine news outlet Infobae reported over the weekend.

Venezuela’s socialist regime signed a deal with Turkey that will allow the Middle Eastern nation to mine gold in the Orinoco Mining Arc.

Canadian and American officials announced the arrest of six suspects in a $16 million robbery that stands as Canada’s largest gold heist.

China and the Fed’s rate cut plans are driving up demand for gold.

At least 13 miners have been trapped in a collapsed gold mine in far eastern Russia, regional officials said Tuesday.

Embattled Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-NJ) favorability and approval ratings have plummeted to likely historic lows as he and his wife face federal allegations of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for his power and influence, according to a poll. 

Costco is apparently selling gold bars that consumers are snapping up at a record pace.

Cash, gold bars, and a Mercedes Benz – totaling more than $710,000 collectively – were recovered between the home and safety deposit box of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and his wife, Nadine Menendez, during an investigation into bribes they allegedly accepted from New Jersey businessmen, federal prosecutors say. 

A mining convoy in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was attacked by unknown assailants, killing four, including two Chinese nationals.

The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday announced sanctions against four companies linked to the infamous Wagner Group and its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin.

A winter of heavy rain and a spring of heavy erosion has attracted a small gold rush of fortune-seekers eager to find nuggets in California’s burgeoning rivers.

An air cargo container with millions of dollars worth of gold and additional valuables inside disappeared Monday from a Canadian airport after a plane arrived and was unloaded.

Gold miners are finding unusually large amounts of gold in California’s river waters, thanks to recent winter storms that have eroded hillsides and washed sediment downstream for patient panners to discover.

The price of gold has been on the rise and could get above $2,000, Breitbart Economics Editor John Carney told Fox Business’ Larry Kudlow.

A lucky British couple that found 264 gold coins under their kitchen floor has recently sold the trove for over £754,000 ($853,000 USD) through an auction.

A Brazilian investigative journalist group on Monday published documents that showed the “four most valuable companies in the world” – namely Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon – purchased gold illegally mined in the Amazon region for use in their electronic products.

U.S. President Joe Biden says that the United States and other G7 leading economies intend to announce a ban on imports of gold from Russia.

Teeka Tiwari, a crypto investment expert, said the Russia-Ukraine conflict will contribute to a rise in Bitcoin’s value over time.

A German artist hauled a 410-pound golden cube worth $11.7 million to Central Park in New York City on Wednesday. 

Hidilyn Diaz won the Philippines’ first-ever Olympic gold medal for weightlifting on Monday, earning her an additional cash prize of $600,000 from the Philippine government and private companies, along with a new home, the Manila Bulletin reported on Tuesday.

Chinese nationals have infiltrated Zimbabwe’s gold industry and developed “questionable partnerships” with leaders of Zimbabwe’s left-wing ruling party, Zanu-PF, the online newspaper New Zimbabwe reported on Monday.

Salvation Army officials in Las Vegas were shocked to find a gold coin weighing one ounce among the dollar bills and change in one of the charity’s Red Kettles.

A man was arrested at the Kannur Airport in Kerala, India, this week when authorities reportedly discovered over 2 pounds of gold hidden inside his rectum.

Illegal gold mining has surged in Zimbabwe during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by Reuters on Monday.

JERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists announced Monday the discovery of a trove of early Islamic gold coins found during recent salvage excavations near the central city of Yavne.