Overview
- Lawmakers are debating a bill to prolong the mining formalization registry to December 31, 2027, or until a new small‑scale mining law takes effect.
- The committee text would reinstate more than 50,000 excluded registrants and suspend exclusion procedures, a change industry groups say removes the state’s main compliance tool.
- The Executive’s written position (Oficio N°208‑2025‑MINEM/DM) supports only an extension to December 31, 2026 and requires active RUC, approved IGAFOM, proof of land or mining rights, and workers on payroll.
- Congressional leader Fernando Rospigliosi backed a one‑year rollover, opposed the return of the 50,000 excluded, and cautioned that the government may formally observe any broader law.
- Experts and business groups cite Tribunal Constitucional guidance and warn of cover for illegal mining, as miners marched in Lima and blocked highways to pressure for approval.