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<TYPE>EX-24
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<FILENAME>ex24ruizsacristan.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
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POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, Director of
Southern Copper Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Fabiola Alvarado, Hans A. Flury, and Luis Echevarria
S.S., as his 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 February 3, 2012.



						/s/ Carlos Ruiz Sacristan
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