UPDATE 1-Maduro says Venezuela signs $4.5 bln in deals that include Canadian and U.S. miners

CARACAS, Aug 16 (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro said on

Tuesday that Venezuela had struck $4.5 billion in mining deals

with foreign and domestic companies, part of plan to lift the

OPEC nation's economy out of a deep recession causing food

shortages and social unrest.

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