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FCX Declares Quarterly Cash Dividends on Common and Preferred Stocks

December 27, 2007

PHOENIX--()--Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) today declares the following quarterly cash dividends payable on February 1, 2008 to holders of record as of January 15, 2008:

  • $0.4375 per share of FCXs Common Stock (NYSE: FCX).
  • $1.6875 per share of FCXs 6¾% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (NYSE: FCXprM).
  • $13.75 per share of FCXs 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 worlds largest producer of molybdenum.

The company's portfolio of assets include the Grasberg mining complex, the world's largest copper and gold mine in terms of reserves, significant mining operations in the Americas, including the large scale Morenci/Safford minerals district 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.

Contacts

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
Financial Contacts:
Kathleen L. Quirk, 602-366-8016
or
David P. Joint, 504-582-4203
or
Media Contact:
William L. Collier, 504-582-1750