In Venezuelan Guayana, large gold reserves lie beneath "moriche" palms, attracting multitudes of miners from across the region. A fictional narrator travels from far-flung mines in the jungle to the banks of the Orinoco River, trying to understand the uncertain fortune of the informal miner immersed in the anxious quest for treasure. His reflections combine illustrations and photochemical paintings to draw a map of the extraction and commercialization of gold, object and symbol through which he questions where value resides.