US weighs expanding corporate access to Venezuela's gold and minerals

The United States is exploring avenues to broaden access for American corporations to Venezuela's mineral reserves, including gold, amid wider efforts to exert oversight over the country's natural wealth, Reuters reported citing informed sources.

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is formulating targeted measures designed to scale up American commercial presence across Venezuela's extraction industry. In particular, officials in Washington are assessing the potential issuance of an executive order centered on critical minerals.

Sources cited by Reuters indicated that these policy steps could facilitate direct U.S. investments into Venezuela’s mining landscape, granting American firms access beyond traditional petroleum assets to strategically vital mineral deposits tied to national security priorities. However, the executive order remains under review, and the administration's strategic posture regarding Venezuelan resources could still be recalibrated.