The Ministry of Mines and Energy ( es, Ministerio de Minas y Energía) is the national executive ministry of the

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that oversees the regulation of the mining and mineral industry and the

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, it is similar in its duties to other

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of other countries.

List of Ministers

References

Ministries established in 1974

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