He Institute of Mining Engineers of Peru (IIMP) and Videnza made recommendations to the draft Law for Small Mining and Artisanal Mining (ASM) which the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) will soon present to Congress.
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Paola Bustamante, director of Videnza, maintained that the new ASM Law must establish definitive deadlines for each of the mining formalization requirements and respect the validity period that ends on December 31, 2024.
The specialist explained that, 22 years ago, Peru began a process of mining formalization that over time has perpetuated itself and become more permissive, opening the doors to illegality and currently to organized crime.
In turn, the president of the IIMP, Darío Zegarra, stated that there is no activity in Peru that is carried out with such impunity and absence of State supervision.
He argued that the Comprehensive Registry of Mining Formalization (Reinfo), if it is a formalization registry, has been interpreted as a right to buy explosives, invade and detonate mining territories, and traffic State resources without any supervision.
Both Zegarra and Bustamante maintained that one of the main shortcomings of the mining formalization process is the supervisory role that falls to the regional governments, when it should be led by Minem.
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