Through Resolution No. ARCOM-006/26, approved on June 23, 2026, and published in Fifth Supplement No. 312 of the Official Gazette dated June 24, 2026, the Board of Directors of the
Through Resolution No. NAC-DGERCGC26-00000021, signed on June 20, 2026 and published in Fourth Supplement No. 311 of the Official Gazette dated June 23, 2026, the Internal Revenue Service (Servicio de
Through Ministerial Agreement No. MAE-MAE 2026-0056-AM, the Ministry of Environment and Energy issued the “Guidelines and Minimum Parameters for the Structuring and Content of Mining Exploitation Agreements in Ecuador” (hereinafter
Through Agreement No. MAE-MAE-2026-0057-AM (published in Official Gazette No. 288 of May 20, 2026), the Minister of Environment and Energy issues the guidelines that set minimum, mandatory, and uniform parameters
The Board of Directors of the National Mining Company ENAMI EP (the “ENAMI”), through resolution number 280-2026-DIR-ENAMIEP, issued the Regulations for the exercise of the associativity and contracting capacity of
The National Assembly approved the “Organic Law for the Strengthening of the Strategic Mining and Energy Sectors” that reforms the Mining Law. The scope of the reform is described below.
Through judgment No. 1296-19-JP/25 of November 13, 2025, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador (the “CCE”) established binding standards on free, prior, and informed consultation (the “FPIC”) applicable to indigenous peoples
Resolution number NAC-DGERCGC26-00000001 of January 9, 2026, published in Official Gazette 200 third supplement of January 9, 2026, amends resolution number NAC-DGERCGC25-000000004 of February 20, 2025, which contains the rules
By means of Executive Decree No. 273 of December 31, 2025 (hereinafter the “Executive Decree“), the General Regulations of the Mining Law (hereinafter the “Regulation“) were amended. The following are
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
