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.

Sec. Burgum spoke to Fox News’ The Sunday Briefing to discuss the surge in oil prices amid the ongoing war in the Middle East and other energy-related topics.

Sec. Burgum traveled to Caracas last week to meet with Rodríguez and other interim regime officials as part of the United States’ efforts to establish a legitimate mining sector in Venezuela and secure critical mineral supply chains. Venezuelan state-owned broadcaster VTV reported at…

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