Overview
- Confemin-led groups blocked streets around Congress in Lima for a third day, demanding a five‑year extension of the Reinfo, repeal of DS 012‑2025, and reversion of idle concessions, while vowing to remain in place.
- Competing bills now on the table include proposals to extend the regime to December 31, 2028 with exceptional reopening and reincorporation of excluded registrants, and to June 30, 2029, alongside a shorter 2026 option.
- At Tuesday’s session, a move by Congressman Guido Bellido to add the extension debate to the agenda was rejected, but Commission chair Víctor Cutipa later said the matter will be prioritized and a draft opinion will be presented soon.
- DS 012‑2025 left about 50,000 registrants outside the Reinfo, a central grievance cited by protesters who seek to reverse their exclusion and regain transitional status.
- The prior government said there would be no further renewals, yet Prime Minister Ernesto Álvarez acknowledged that artisanal miners may need more time even as he warned extensions can incentivize illegal operators, and several legislators publicly opposed any renewal on that basis.