Overview
- Lawmakers are weighing a commission bill to prolong the mining formalization registry to December 31, 2027, suspend new exclusion procedures, and readmit roughly 50,000 previously removed registrants.
- Prime Minister Ernesto Álvarez delivered the official position favoring a cutoff on December 31, 2026 with enforceable conditions including an active RUC, biannual production reports, an approved IGAFOM, payroll, and minimum time in the registry.
- The Executive asks Congress to preserve exclusion mechanisms, reject reinstatement of the excluded, drop a proposed national census, and recast registrants as holders of a temporary production license.
- Congress President Fernando Rospigliosi supports a one‑year extension, opposes the return of the excluded miners, and calls for prohibiting REINFO use in areas where formal companies operate.
- Artisanal miners rallied in central Lima and blocked highways in southern regions as legal and technical experts warn the draft risks enabling illegal mining and could face constitutional challenges.