Overview
- The Congressional Energy and Mines Commission approved, by a 17–3 vote with one abstention, a bill to extend the mining formalization registry (REINFO) through December 31, 2027.
- The draft also suspends the recent exclusion process that affected about 50,000 registrants, with exceptions for those convicted of illegal mining or sanctioned in restricted areas, as critics warn the move weakens enforcement.
- Prime Minister Ernesto Álvarez said the Executive has not adopted a position and will evaluate the measure in the Council of Ministers after hearing experts, noting the option to observe the law and seek Constitutional Court review.
- Energy and Mines Minister Luis Bravo said the government will await the Plenary’s decision and stressed that any reconsideration of excluded registrants must be case by case rather than automatic, a view echoed by congressional leader Fernando Rospigliosi.
- Confemin-led artisanal miners are maintaining protests near Congress and vow to stay in Lima until the Plenary approves the measure and it is sent for promulgation, with police imposing partial closures on Av. Abancay.