The Executive Branch made official this Thursday the expansion of the mining formalization process in the country, a measure that seeks to give air to thousands of small and artisanal operators who have not yet completed their regularization. Through Law No. 32537, published in El Peruano, the Government extended the validity of the procedure until December 31, 2026, or until the entry into force of the Small Mining and Artisanal Mining Law (ASM) and its regulations, whichever occurs first.
The standard modifies article 6 of Legislative Decree No. 1293, a framework that declared the formalization of these activities to be of national interest, and sets a new horizon for the completion of the process, which has been subject to successive extensions while operators advance in complying with environmental, technical and administrative requirements.
In addition to extending the deadlines, the rule opens a new phase of institutional organization. The Executive will have 60 days to adapt the regulations of the Comprehensive Mining Formalization Registry (Reinfo) and issue complementary provisions. The Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) will be the governing entity and will coordinate with regional governments to simplify procedures, provide technical assistance and strengthen environmental and social control capacities.
One of the central components will be the national census of small and artisanal mining, carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), in coordination with Minem and Ingemmet. This must begin within a maximum of six months and conclude within a period of no more than twelve months, with the objective of establishing a real baseline of the sector, its operators, territories and productive conditions.
In parallel, holders registered in Reinfo must comply with a mandatory disclosure of their operations: within 120 days after the law comes into force, they must report digitally, through Minem’s Single Window for Mining Formalization, the georeferenced location, the deposit, the operational area and the activities carried out. Minem will validate this information “in a technical and objective manner” and may request additional details.
Formalization also incorporates labor demands. Sunafil will have a period of 60 days to issue the regulations that allow it to verify that registered operators include their workers on the payroll, under current regulations. With this, the Government seeks to ensure that regularization is not only documentary, but also labor and social security.
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