[1] The main coalfields are located in the western Zulia State, on the border with Colombia.
[1] In 2003, a year in which production was halted for a couple of months by a general strike and further disrupted by the firing of nearly half of the state oil company's work force, Venezuela's total oil production was an estimated 2,600,000 bbl/d (410,000 m3/d).
[1] Prior to President Chávez's December 1998 election, Venezuela regularly exceeded its Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)-agreed oil production targets.
[1] Venezuela has experienced an oil dependency for an extended part of their history, but in the recent years, their focus has shifted over to gold.
[2] As a part of the 2016 settlement of a dispute over withdrawal of a gold concession to Gold Reserve, a Canadian mining company, the government entered into a joint venture to exploit the Brisas mine and Las Cristinas goldmines.