Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) today declares the
following quarterly cash dividends payable on November 1, 2008 to
holders of record as of October 15, 2008:
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$0.50 per share of FCX’s Common Stock (NYSE:
FCX).
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$1.6875 per share of FCX’s 6¾%
Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (NYSE: FCXprM).
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$13.75 per share of FCX’s 5½%
Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock.
FCX is a leading international mining company with headquarters in
Phoenix, Arizona. FCX operates large, long-lived, geographically diverse
assets with significant proven and probable reserves of copper, gold and
molybdenum. FCX has a dynamic portfolio of operating, expansion and
growth projects in the copper industry and is the world’s
largest producer of molybdenum.
The company's portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg mining complex,
the world's largest copper and gold mine in terms of recoverable
reserves, significant mining operations in the Americas, including the
large scale Morenci and Safford minerals districts in North America and
the Cerro Verde and El Abra operations in South America, and the
potential world-class Tenke Fungurume development project in the
Democratic Republic of Congo. Additional information about FCX is
available on our web site at www.fcx.com.
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
Financial Contact:
David
P. Joint, 504-582-4203
