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## GENERAL INFORMATION, DESCRIPTION OF OPERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT 

## INFORMATION RELATED TO INCORPORATION AND INSCRIPTION IN THE PUBLIC REGISTRY 

SPCC is a business entity incorporated according to the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America. It operates in Peru through a branch, established under public instrument certified by Public Notary from Lima, Dr. Ricardo Fernandini Arana, on the 6th of November, 1954. By public instrument dated April 6, 1998, certified by Public Notary from Lima, Dr. Carlos A. Sotomayor Bernós, the Company complied with the provisions of Law Nº 26887, the General Corporation Law, and was recorded under Electronic Record Nº 3025091 for Business Entities, Registration Office in Lima and Callao (previously, Entry N° 384 of Record N° 2447, Mining Individuals and Corporations Registry, Public Mining Registry). 

See also “Brief historical review of the Company’s incor- poration”. 

Brief description: Southern Peru Copper Corporation (SPCC) is an integrated copper producer. It has operated 

the Toquepala mine since 1960 and the Cuajone mine since 1976, both in southern Peru’s Andes highlands, approximately 612 miles southeast of Lima, in the de- partments of Tacna and Moquegua, respectively. It also operates a smelter and refinery located west of the mines on the Pacific Ocean coast, close to the city of Ilo, depart- ment of Moquegua. 

SPCC, one of Peru’s leading companies, is among the 10 largest private-sector copper mining firms in the world. 

SPCC, indirectly, is part of Grupo México, S.A. de C.V., owner of 100% of Americas Mining Corporation (AMC). AMC in turn owns 100% of Southern Peru Holdings II In- corporated, which holds 54.2% of Southern Peru Copper Corporation’s shares. The purpose of Grupo México S.A. de C.V.’s companies comprises mining and rail transpor- tation activities. 

The Group related to SPCC operations includes the fol- lowing subsidiaries: 

