
New Reforms to the Mining Law
On August 28, 2025, the Social Transparency Law was published in the Third Supplement of Official Register No. 112. This regulation introduces amendments to the Mining Law, among which the

On August 28, 2025, the Social Transparency Law was published in the Third Supplement of Official Register No. 112. This regulation introduces amendments to the Mining Law, among which the

The Internal Revenue Service (SRI) issued Resolution NAC-DGERCGC25-00000023, through which the traditional Mining Annex is replaced by the new “Mining Activities Information Form”, modifying resolution NAC-DGERCGC25-00000004 “Rules that establish the

Executive Decree No. 94, dated August 14, 2025, ordered the merger by absorption of the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (MAATE) to the Ministry of Energy and

The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) issued Ministerial Agreement No. MEM-MEM-2025-0025-AM on July 17, 2025, by which it approved the “Guidelines for the transparency and traceability of royalties, surpluses,

The Ministry of Energy and Mines issued Ministerial Agreement MEM-MEM-2025-0023-AM of July 5, 2025, which amends the instructions for the granting of mining concessions for non-metallic minerals or construction materials

By means of resolution number ARCOM-ARCOM-2025-0028-R, the Mining Regulation and Control Agency – ARCOM, issued the Regulation for the collection of the ARCOM Supervision and Control Fee. FREQUENCY OF

On June 14, 2025, the Mining Regulation and Control Agency (the “ARCOM”) issued the “Regulation for the Control of Exports of Metallic Mineral Substances”, through resolution ARCOM-004/25, to strengthen the

Through resolution ARCOM-DE-2025-0035-RM, the Agency for the Regulation and Control of Mining (the “ARCOM”) issued the new Guidelines for the Preparation of Cadastre Reports and Certifications, which apply to all

In the Official Register No. 64, dated June 20, 2025, resolution number ARCOM-003/25 was published, through which it was established a supervision and control fee for the Mining Regulation and

On May 31, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Mining Regulation and Control Agency (the “ARCOM”) approved resolution no. ARCOM-002/25, enacting the reform of the Mining Registry Guidelines. This