Estimates, marked e
Gold: 30,600 kilograms, and the e matters
The USGS Minerals Yearbook chapter on Venezuela, data through April 27, 2026, estimates gold mine output, gold content, at 33,360 kilograms in 2020, 35,000 in 2021, 30,000 in 2022, 30,000 in 2023, and 30,600 in 2024. Every one of those cells is marked e, for estimate.
The same chapter says the country was not a globally significant mineral producer in 2024, and that gold came from artisanal or small-scale miners and from government-owned companies. It names state mines in Bolívar, including Mina Colombia, Hansa, and Isidora. It does not give a clean split of artisanal versus state tonnes.
Iron ore is a different line in the same table: 2,400,000 tonnes of mine output estimated for 2024, also marked e for that year. This page does not turn the Orinoco into a gold story.
The question
Who owns a metal the yearbook will only estimate?
Questions
Is 30,600 kilograms exact?
No. USGS marks it e and says estimates are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
What about the Arco Minero?
This page does not add a death toll or an acreage the yearbook chapter we used does not print.
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