en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Peruvian Institute of Mining Engineers (IIMP) recently proposed an emergency agenda for the first 100 days of the next government, aiming to restore the sector’s competitiveness, accelerate project development, and help Peru integrate into the global supply chain for critical minerals. During the event “Mining: Global Opportunities and Peru’s Unfinished Business,” IIMP President Darío Zegarra noted that the energy transition presents geopolitical opportunities, but Peru faces internal institutional challenges.
“Peru’s strategic opportunity in critical minerals is greater than a few years ago. The main bottleneck is no longer geological, but institutional,” Zegarra said.
The IIMP proposed three priority actions: first, addressing illegal mining from the perspectives of security, traceability, and territorial control, viewing it as a threat to security and governance; second, reforming the licensing system through administrative simplification and digitalization of permits to improve project execution efficiency; third, leveraging international agreements and memorandums of understanding on critical minerals to expand geopolitical space. Zegarra emphasized: “Peru can serve as a key hemispheric partner, provided it integrates three agendas: combating illegal activities, reforming the licensing system, and developing the supply chain.”
Several former IIMP presidents also participated in the discussion. Víctor Gobitz called for strengthening traceability rather than expanding Reinfo, and suggested coordinating institutions such as Senace and ANA. Juan José Herrera advocated for the Ministry of Energy and Mines to establish a license tracking system linked to regulatory agencies. Antonio Samaniego stressed that Peru should clearly position itself as a mining nation, regulate informal activities through licensing, explosives control, and on-site supervision, and strengthen the role of local governments.
Zegarra concluded that regardless of the next government’s political orientation, mining should remain a strategic priority because it concerns employment, well-being, and investment. He urged: “Streamline mining governance and transform fragmented dialogues into a unified narrative: more security, more formalization, more strategic geopolitical integration.”
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