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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
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POWER OF ATTORNEY


		KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
Comptroller of Southern Copper Corporation (the "Company") hereby
constitutes and appoints Fabiola Alvarado, Hans A. Flury, and Luis
Echevarria S.S., as his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them with full power to act without the other
as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in
his name, place and stead, to sign any and all Form ID, Forms 3, 4
and 5 which are deemed appropriate and in his best interests and
which are to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C. 20549, under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and with the New York Stock
Exchange, and to sign any amendments to any such Forms, hereby
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully as to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

		The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

		This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto
executed this Power of Attorney on October 28, 2011.



						/s/ Raul Jacob
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