Lack of consensus in MAPE Law would cause a new extension of the reinfined

After extending for six months more the deadline for the registration of small artisanal miners in the reinfill, Congress assumed the task of landing a new proposal of MAPE law. Since then, the Energy and Mines commission chaired Paul Gutiérrez convened a work table to collect the opinions of various entities specialized in the field. One of the first to retire from this space was the National Society of Mining, Energy and Petroleum, arguing a certain partialization of Gutierrez.

According to parliamentarian Diana Gonzales, the legislator of the Magisterial Block The approach to this proposal would be managing to its discretion, since both the vice presidency and the secretariat of this work group are not participating in these discussion sessions. Despite this situation, he pointed to The Republic The importance of prioritizing the elaboration of this opinion in the second legislature scheduled for March.

Those who have been attending these meetings are the representatives of the Institute of Mining Engineers of Peru (IIMP). Its Homar Lozano director recalls that the proposal of MAPE Law It is a promotion activity of small artisanal mining and must differentiate itself from the responsibility of the State to adopt a strategy to combat illegal mining.

“The fight against illegal mining must be articulated from the entire state. We have been proposing control of the purchase and sale of chemical supplies that between Sunat and Customs can be done, the intervention of the FIU for the detection of suspicious movements, the border control for the exit of illegal gold and a robust inspection of the plants of Gold treatment, ”he explained to this medium.

Reinfo could be expanded

For William Zabarburú, a member of the Institute of Climate Policies, the resignation of the Reinfo have not contributed to finding a solution to the problem of mining formalization. In that line, he anticipates that time will be short to approve a new MAPE law. Therefore, only the scenario of an additional expansion of the registration will be repeated.

“Here is a clash of two great lobbies: that of the great mining that seeks to end the reinfined, and the other is of the confemin, which managed to extend it half a year. To the rhythm that goes and as there will be no alternative mapping law, it will be given Another year of expansion.

In the opinion of Homar Lozano, clear processes and definitive dates are needed against the crime of the illegal mining that has been growing in the country. And it is that the delays and postponement in the mechanisms to formalize this activity have opened the doors to the increase in illegal mining activity.

“From 84,486 miners inscribed in the Reinfo, only 2,091 have managed to formalize. Rather, more deadlines have been given and the problem has been that illegal mining has taken a path to wash money and form links with organized crime,” he added.

In the midst of this context, the Minister of Energy and Mines, Jorge Montero, met with representatives of the National Confederation of Small Mining and Artisanal Mining (Confemin) to dialogue about the proposal that this guild will present to Congress. In this purpose, a technical table that will meet every week will be formed.

According to the head of the Minem, the new MAPE Law It must contain incentives and improvements in working conditions, as well as reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices. However, Zabarburú notes that one of the main problems of this initiative is the requirement that informal miners accredit an exploitation contract with the concession holder. In many cases, they are not granted permission and choose to achieve verbal agreements to buy the minerals that the little ones exploit.