June 16 (Reuters) - Gold Reserve Inc GRZ.V said on Friday it received $40 million from the government of Venezuela as part of a $1.03 billion settlement arbitrated by the World Bank for the termination of its Las Brisas gold concession in 2009.
Venezuela will pay the balance in installments over the next two years as part of an amended Settlement Agreement, the Canadian miner said. company said the settlement also includes the price agreed for the mining data related to the Brisas, one of the largest gold mines in Venezuela and in the world.
The miner, in August last year, had said Venezuela agreed to acquire the company's mining data for $240 million as part of a joint venture to exploit the Brisas mine.