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The Minister of Energy and Mines, Jorge Montero Cornejo, agreed solutions that contribute to their formalization.
The agreement occurred after a prolonged meeting for more than 3 hours, where Minister Montero accompanied by Maximo Gallo, general director of Minera Formalization, told Confemin directors, led by his national coordinator, Ismael Palomino, the governments commitment to Advance in mining formalization and the new law of small mining and artisanal mining (MAPE Law).
We are talking about almost 86,000 people who are in the Reinfo, but around 20,000 have shown at least interest. We estimate that they could formalize in the coming months, said Minister Montero and added that there would be a second chance to suspended reings that wish.
The head of the Minem referred to the MAPE Law that must contain incentives and improvements in working conditions, reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices, so it invoked the miners to work a proposal that must be presented to the Congress of the Republic.
The head of the Minem also explained to the miners the benefits of the Mining Fund, a public-private initiative to make financial, technical and commercial incentives to promote formal mining activity on a small scale.
He stressed that the Mining Fund will transform the lives of small miners integrating as recognized and respectable entrepreneurs in the national work.
The Mining Fund will have main functions: support financing lines for mapping, improve its productive processes to recover gold and traceability in marketing, he said.
Finally, the minister ratified his commitment to the total formalization of small -scale mining, and invoked the miners to send their contributions and comments regarding the Supreme Decree draft that approves the regulatory provisions of Law No. 32213.
