Córdova stressed that investors are interested in seeing what business can be done in the country.

Promperú pointed out, in the PDAC 2023, that investors are interested in knowing what is the new direction that the Peruvian government will take.

In an exclusive interview with Rumbo Minero, as part of the PDAC 2023, Daniel Córdova, director of investment promotion at Promperú, said that the Peruvian government has assured foreign investors that legal certainty is maintained in the country.

The head of Promperú considered that to promote the portfolio of projects of 55 million dollars announced by the Ministry of Energy and Mines, the necessary guarantees must be given to investors.

“Concretely, the foreign investor of the mining company must be guaranteed and assured that the conditions in terms of fairness with regard to the treatment and legal certainty of the foreign investment are maintained. The government is pretty clear about this and this event allowed us to solidify that perception,” he said at the world’s largest mining event.

He also said investors need to be clear about the country’s macroeconomic progress “and at this stage the presentations by the Minister of Economy and the President of the Central Bank have been important in consolidating that,” he said. declared.

Opportunities

Córdova pointed out that the results of the presentation of the Peruvian delegation at the PDAC 2023 are positive, “both in the public who went to see the Peruvian stand and in the events organized by the country”.

“They were very interested to know what opportunities there were to do business with Peruvian mining companies, with supplier companies, we had similar participation to the last edition,” he told Rumbo Minero.

Regarding the events organized by Peru, he pointed out that there was a great receptivity of companies, in particular Canadian ones, “to see the new direction that the Peruvian government can take, what are the measures that are being taken to from the Economics and Energy and Mining portfolios”.

“We saw a renewed optimism, an interest in increasing mining investments, in visiting Peru as well and learning more about the opportunities that exist in the sector”, he commented.

Permitology

Promperú’s spokesman said that the Prime Minister, Alberto Otárola, and the heads of economy and energy and mines indicated in their presentations that the executive has taken concrete measures and is “moving quickly with this process in order to have a factor of competitiveness vis-a-vis other mining countries.