📋 Tender Overview
* Artisanal miners from Madre de Dios, Puno, Piura and Ayacucho testify to the positive impact of their incorporation into the countrys formal economic circuit.Artisanal miners and small mining producers, from different areas of the country, expressed the benefits generated by the formalization of their extractive activities, such as access to credit, legal security, occupational safety and health, reduction of environmental impact, in addition to their inclusion in the value chain of formal mining.
In the district of Huepetuhe, province of Manu (Madre de Dios), Julio Valencia, from the Transoceanica mining concession, said that in their operations they use clean technologies to extract gold, avoiding the use of reagents and chemicals.
For their part, in the town center of San Miguel de Untuca (Puno), formalized artisanal miners affirm that they are already contributing to the social development of the towns in their area of influence through projects in agriculture, livestock and education, and their operations respect occupational health and safety protocols.
Likewise, they highlighted that the move to formality allows them to freely market their mining production, respecting the environment and complying with all the standards required by the countrys regulatory framework, and including women within the operational staff, breaking gender barriers.
On the other hand, in the district of Sapillica, province of Piura, small formalized mining producers have been promoting the Cana Brava agro-mining and ecotourism project, which is carried out in sustainability with agricultural activities and recirculates water for adequate use of water resources.
They explained that the project includes reforestation areas for the cultivation of timber trees such as cypress, pine and eucalyptus, demonstrating that mining and agriculture can complement each other and be carried out in a sustainable manner.
Meanwhile, in Ayacucho, the small miners of the company San Luis II S.A. They stated that the formalization of their activities has allowed them to commercialize their mining production in a transparent manner, as well as to acquire explosives and supplies without problems and under the standards of the law.
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) ratifies its drive for the process of formalizing small-scale mining, which will increase tax collection, contribute to sustained economic growth, as well as reduce the environmental and social risks associated with illegal mining.
