Overview
- Lawmakers on the Permanent Commission approved the extension 13–4 with two abstentions, completing the second and decisive vote.
- The registry will remain in force until December 31, 2026, or until the Small-Scale and Artisanal Mining (MAPE) law takes effect, whichever comes first.
- The text designates the Energy and Mines Ministry as lead authority, mandates georeferenced location disclosures, orders a national census, and transfers regional records to the ministry.
- Proposals to reinstate roughly 50,000 previously excluded records and to suspend ongoing exclusions did not advance and were left out of the final text.
- Experts and civil society warn the extension without structural reform could fuel criminal networks and environmental harm, as small-miner groups staged protests including a highway blockade in Arequipa.