Overview
- Authorities report 713 of the recovered titles lay inside protected natural areas, totaling about 249,108 hectares now returned to state control.
- Cancellations were applied for legal noncompliance, including two years of unpaid rights and omissions in required exploration and statistical reports.
- Roughly 90% of the cancelled titles were held by individuals rather than large mining companies, according to the Economy Ministry.
- Recoveries are concentrated in traditional mining states such as Sonora, Durango, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Zacatecas and Jalisco.
- Officials said the process also includes voluntary returns following talks with industry, citing Minera Autlán and Peñoles, and noted the review was undertaken at President Claudia Sheinbaum’s request.