Overview
- The Energy and Mines Committee meets today at 4 p.m. in the Congress’s Sala Francisco Bolognesi after chairman Víctor Cutipa moved the session from Caravelí to Lima.
- The predictamen proposes extending the temporary mining formalization registry (Reinfo) until December 31, 2026, or until a new small‑scale and artisanal mining law (Ley MAPE) takes effect.
- The text would reinstate individuals excluded under Supreme Decree No. 012-2025, allow them to resume their files as of June 30, 2025, and suspend ongoing or new exclusion procedures by Minem until the new deadline.
- Media and lawmakers estimate that roughly 50,000 previously excluded registrants could be brought back into the process under the proposal.
- Civil-society experts warn the move would entrench illegal mining, empower criminal networks, and deter formal investment, while the government’s stance remains unsettled after the premier signaled reluctance to extend and the mines minister was invited to the session.