PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) today declared a cash
dividend of $0.3125 per share payable on February 3, 2014 to holders of
record as of January 15, 2014 for its common stock.
FCX is a premier U.S.-based natural resource company with an industry
leading global portfolio of mineral assets, significant oil and gas
resources and a growing production profile. FCX is the world’s largest
publicly traded copper producer.
FCX’s portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg minerals district in
Indonesia, one of the world’s largest copper and gold deposits;
significant mining operations in the Americas, including the large-scale
Morenci minerals district in North America and the Cerro Verde and El
Abra operations in South America; the Tenke Fungurume minerals district
in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and significant oil and natural gas
assets in North America, including reserves in the Deepwater Gulf of
Mexico, onshore and offshore California and in the Eagle Ford and
Haynesville shale plays, and an industry leading position in the
emerging shallow water, ultra-deep gas trend on the Shelf of the Gulf of
Mexico and onshore in South Louisiana. Additional information about FCX
is available on FCX's website 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:
Eric
E. Kinneberg, 602-366-7994