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SCCO vs USAU

Side-by-side comparison of Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO) and U.S. Gold Corp. (USAU): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both SCCO and USAU operate in Metal Mining (Basic Materials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • SCCO is the larger of the two at $144.70B, about 593.7x USAU ($243.7M).
  • Over the past year, SCCO is up 79.3% and USAU is up 12.3% - SCCO leads by 67.1 points.
  • Both names hit the wire about 5 times in the past 4 weeks.
  • SCCO has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 4 for USAU).
PerformanceSCCO+79.32%USAU+12.25%
2025-06-10+0.00%2026-06-09
MetricSCCOUSAU
Company
Southern Copper Corporation
U.S. Gold Corp.
Price
$175.05+2.68%
$14.75+5.58%
Market cap
$144.70B
$243.7M
1M return
-5.59%
-13.29%
1Y return
+79.32%
+12.25%
Industry
Metal Mining
Metal Mining
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
News (4w)
5
5
Recent ratings
25
4
SCCO

Southern Copper Corporation

Southern Copper Corporation engages in mining, exploring, smelting, and refining copper and other minerals in Peru, Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, and Chile. The company is involved in the mining, milling, and flotation of copper ore to produce copper and molybdenum concentrates; smelting of copper concentrates to produce blister and anode copper; refining of anode copper to produce copper cathodes; production of molybdenum concentrate and sulfuric acid; production of refined silver, gold, and other materials; and mining and processing of zinc and lead. It operates the Toquepala and Cuajone open-pit mines, and a smelter and refinery in Peru; and La Caridad, an open-pit copper mine, as well as a copper ore concentrator, a SX-EW plant, a smelter, refinery, and a rod plant in Mexico. The company also operates Buenavista, an open-pit copper mine, as well as two copper concentrators and two operating SX-EW plants in Mexico. In addition, it operates five underground mines that produce zinc, lead, copper, silver, and gold; a coal mine that produces coal and coke; and a zinc refinery. The company has interests in 59,252 hectares of exploration concessions in Peru; 503,104 hectares of exploration concessions in Mexico; 229,312 hectares of exploration concessions in Argentina; 27,353 hectares of exploration concessions in Chile; and 7,299 hectares of exploration concessions in Ecuador. Southern Copper Corporation was incorporated in 1952 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. Southern Copper Corporation is a subsidiary of Americas Mining Corporation.

USAU

U.S. Gold Corp.

U.S. Gold Corp. operates as a gold and precious metals exploration company. It explores for gold, copper, silver, and zinc deposits. The company holds interest in the CK Gold project located in the Silver Crown mining district of southeast Wyoming. It also holds interests in the Keystone and Maggie Creek exploration properties located on the Cortez and Carlin Trends in Eureka County, Nevada; and the Challis Gold project located in Idaho. The company is based in Elko, Nevada. U.S. Gold Corp. is a subsidiary of Copper King, LLC.

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