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	<headerData>
        <submissionType>144</submissionType>
                <filerInfo>
            <filer>
                <filerCredentials>
                    <cik>0001284489</cik>
                    <ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
                </filerCredentials>
            </filer>
        <liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>




                </filerInfo>
    </headerData>

     <formData>
        <issuerInfo>
            <issuerCik>0001001838</issuerCik>
			<issuerName>SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION</issuerName>


			    <secFileNumber>001-14066</secFileNumber>


			<issuerAddress>
				<com:street1>7310 NORTH 16TH ST</com:street1>
                				<com:street2>SUITE 135</com:street2>
                				<com:city>PHOENIX</com:city>
				<com:stateOrCountry>AZ</com:stateOrCountry>
				<com:zipCode>85020</com:zipCode>
			</issuerAddress>

			<issuerContactPhone>(602) 264-1375</issuerContactPhone>
			<nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>Luis Miguel Palomino Bonilla</nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>

			<relationshipsToIssuer>
                                				    <relationshipToIssuer>Director</relationshipToIssuer>

			</relationshipsToIssuer>
		</issuerInfo>

				          <securitiesInformation>
			<securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
			<brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
				<name>Inteligo SAB</name>
				<address>
				<com:street1>Av. Rivera Navarrete 501, piso 21</com:street1>
                				<com:city>San Isidro, Lima</com:city>
				<com:stateOrCountry>R5</com:stateOrCountry>
				<com:zipCode>15046</com:zipCode>
				</address>
			</brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
			<noOfUnitsSold>800</noOfUnitsSold>
			<aggregateMarketValue>144000</aggregateMarketValue>
			<noOfUnitsOutstanding>826065041</noOfUnitsOutstanding>
			<approxSaleDate>05/12/2026</approxSaleDate>
			<securitiesExchangeName>NYSE</securitiesExchangeName>
		</securitiesInformation>

    		       <securitiesToBeSold>
         <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
         <acquiredDate>07/27/2023</acquiredDate>
         <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>Received pursuant to Issuer's Directors' Stock Award Plan for service as a director - exempt transaction under Rule 16b-3 (d).</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
                  <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Southern Copper Corporation</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
                  <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
		          <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>400</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
                  <paymentDate>07/27/2023</paymentDate>
                  <natureOfPayment>Securities acquired under the Directors Stock Award Plan of Southern Copper Corporation for service as a director.</natureOfPayment>
      </securitiesToBeSold>
             <securitiesToBeSold>
         <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
         <acquiredDate>10/27/2023</acquiredDate>
         <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>Received pursuant to Issuer's Directors' Stock Award Plan for service as a director - exempt transaction under Rule 16b-3 (d).</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
                  <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Southern Copper Corporation</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
                  <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
		          <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>400</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
                  <paymentDate>10/27/2023</paymentDate>
                  <natureOfPayment>Securities acquired under the Directors Stock Award Plan of Southern Copper Corporation for service as a director.</natureOfPayment>
      </securitiesToBeSold>

    <nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>N</nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>


     <securitiesSoldInPast3Months>
         <sellerDetails>
            <name>Inteligo SAB</name>
            <address>
               <com:street1>Av. Rivera Navarrete 501, piso 21</com:street1>
                              <com:city>San Isidro, Lima</com:city>
               <com:stateOrCountry>R5</com:stateOrCountry>
               <com:zipCode>15046</com:zipCode>
            </address>
         </sellerDetails>
         <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
         <saleDate>03/12/2026</saleDate>
         <amountOfSecuritiesSold>7</amountOfSecuritiesSold>
         <grossProceeds>1330</grossProceeds>
      </securitiesSoldInPast3Months>

     <securitiesSoldInPast3Months>
         <sellerDetails>
            <name>Inteligo SAB</name>
            <address>
               <com:street1>Av. Rivera Navarrete 501, piso 21</com:street1>
                              <com:city>San Isidro, Lima</com:city>
               <com:stateOrCountry>R5</com:stateOrCountry>
               <com:zipCode>15046</com:zipCode>
            </address>
         </sellerDetails>
         <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
         <saleDate>03/13/2026</saleDate>
         <amountOfSecuritiesSold>197</amountOfSecuritiesSold>
         <grossProceeds>33697.80</grossProceeds>
      </securitiesSoldInPast3Months>

    		<remarks>Securities acquired pursuant to Directors Stock Award Plan of Southern Copper Corporation. </remarks>

        <noticeSignature>
            <noticeDate>05/12/2026</noticeDate>
                        <signature>  /s/ Andres Carlos Ferrero, Attorney-in-Fact</signature>
        </noticeSignature>
	</formData>
    </edgarSubmission>
