The 15-day suspension applied to remaining work being carried out to make Chuquicamata an underground mine, and projects at an early stage at Rajo Inca and Traspaso Andina.

Peru may be on track to record its first annual economic contraction in over two decades.

Key supplier of equipment for open pit mining, company is finalizing Chuquicamata underground in Chile.

Regulus’ focus is on the AntaKori project in Northern Peru where it drilled continuously throughout 2018.

The country will enter a nationwide 19-day quarantine late on Tuesday.

Peru received 6.3% of global investment in non-ferrous metal exploration in 2018.