Peru ramps up fight against illegal mining, kicks most informal miners off permit scheme


  • World
  • Friday, 04 Jul 2025

LIMA (Reuters) -Peru's government has kicked 50,565 informal miners off of a temporary program that allowed them to continue operations, the minister of energy and mines said on Friday.

Only 31,560 miners will remain in the program that aims to formalize them and the government will reinforce its efforts against illegal mining, minister Jorge Montero told a local radio station.

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