Another well researched article by Steve Bodzin at Bloomberg. He says , "Russian and Iranian officials have arrived in the southern state of Guayana to study “one of the biggest gold mines in the world” and create a joint venture"

But,

Guayana (Guayana City) is a city in Bolívar State, Venezuela. It lies south of the Orinoco, where the river is joined by the Caroní River. ...

I wonder what these 'officials' will study. Probably a taste test. There's no mine there. We weren't allowed to

build one. There's lots of muck left by the illegal miners. Perhaps they'll study that. Or perhaps good old Steve has it wrong again. He does like to stir up the muck, perhaps he'll join the officials.