Overview
- Commission president Víctor Cutipa confirmed the Energy and Mines Committee will resume discussion on Tuesday on a revised draft to prolong REINFO until December 2027 or until a new MAPE law takes effect.
- The text pauses ongoing and new exclusion procedures and allows the exceptional reinstatement of more than 50,000 entries removed mid‑2025, subject to Minem verification of effective activity and compliance, with evaluated cases resuming their procedures where they left off.
- Beyond the extension, the draft orders a national census of small‑scale and artisanal mining, mandatory location ‘sinceramiento’ via the Minem portal, transfer of regional formalization records to Minem within 60 days, buyer origin‑verification duties, and tighter controls on machinery and equipment.
- Hundreds of Confemin‑organized miners demonstrated around Avenida Abancay calling for an extension, with leaders pushing for up to five years and the return of excluded files; legislator Roberto Sánchez publicly backed a longer horizon.
- More than 50 business associations urged Congress to reject the plan, citing CAN findings about illegal mining expansion and possible trade sanctions, a TC ruling labeling REINFO a failure and restricting liability exemptions, and an internal rift in the committee as vice president Diana Gonzáles criticized Cutipa’s role.