A moratorium on the issuance of new mineral agreements will remain in effect until Congress approves a new fiscal regime for the mining industry, the Finance department said on Tuesday.

The issue of whether higher taxes under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (Train) law had satisfied conditions that would lift the ban was clarified during a December 12 meeting of the Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC), the department said in a statement.

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