Southern Silver Exploration Corp.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/12/10 -- Southern Silver Exploration Corp. (TSX VENTURE: SSV)(FRANKFURT: SEG) reported that Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corp. (FMEC) has advised that it has completed an initial phase of drilling on the Dragoon Project located 90 kilometers southeast of Tucson, Arizona. Drill core from the first hole has been logged, split and submitted for assay. Assay result from the