By means of Ministerial Agreement No. MEM-MEM-2024-0001-AM dated February 22, 2024, the Reform to the Regulation for the Stages of Exploration and Exploitation of Mining Concessions, Negotiation, and Signing of Mining Exploitation Agreements (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Ministerial Agreement‘) was issued. Below, we present the most relevant points of the Ministerial Agreement. The Ministerial […]
On December 20, 2023, the Economic Urgency Organic Law (“Law”) was published in the Official Gazette, which included several modifications and reforms, mainly, to the tax laws and regime. Among others, the Law reformed: (i) additional tax deductions for young employment (18-29 years), ex- convicts and their spouses; (ii) additional tax deductions for support and […]
On July 16, 2021, the Financial and Economic Analysis Unit (UAFE) issued resolution No. UAFE-DG2021-0230, which included, as new subjects obliged to report to said institution, natural and legal persons engaged in: i) the negotiation and commercialization of precious metals or stones, pursuant to Article 27 (g) of the Mining Law (1) ; (ii) metal […]
On November 9, 2023, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court (hereinafter the “Court”) issued its judgment in case 51-23-IN, regarding the public action of unconstitutionality of Executive Decree number 754 of May 31, 2023, through which reforms were made regarding environmental consultation in the Regulations to the Organic Code of the Environment (hereinafter the […]
On October 26, 2023, the “Regulations for the assignment and transfer of rights of the mining concessions of the ENAMI EP” (hereinafter the “Regulations”) were published in the Official Gazette number 425. The following are the main elements of this regulation: 1.The proposal for an assignment and transfer process may come from a legal entity […]
On September 14, 2023, the “Regulation that regulates the procedure for the conclusion of commercial agreements of the national mining company ENAMI EP, for mineral processing plants” (hereinafter the “Regulation“) was published in Official Gazette No. 396. The following are the main elements of this regulation: Scope. – The Regulation regulates the procedure for concluding […]
The “Regulation for the procedure for the conclusion of commercial agreements of the national mining company ENAMI EP” (hereinafter the “Regulation“) was published in the Official Register on July 24, 2023. The following are the main elements of this regulation: The Regulation applies to any type of business model aimed at developing mining projects in […]
By ministerial agreement published on May 31, 2023, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (hereinafter the “MEM“) amended the “Instructive for the approval of projects for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of tailings deposits for medium and large scale mining”. a. Registration Engineering This reform incorporates the concept of registration engineering, which consists of […]
The President of the Republic issued Executive Decree number 754, dated May 31, 2023, regarding the environmental consultation, that reforms the regulations of the Organic Code of the Environment (hereinafter the “COAM” and the “Regulation“). The following are the main elements of this regulation: a. General i. Citizen participation is defined as a process to […]
The Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition has announced the reforms referring to citizen participation for environmental consultation in the regulations of the Organic Code of the Environment, which must go through the process of pre-legislative consultation prior to its entry into force. The following are the main elements of this[1] proposed regulation: a) […]
