PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) today declared a cash
dividend of $0.3125 per share payable on May 1, 2014 to holders of
record as of April 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 operation
in South America; the Tenke Fungurume minerals district in the DRC; and
significant oil and natural gas assets in North America, including
reserves in the Deepwater GOM, onshore and offshore California and in
the Eagle Ford and Haynesville shale plays, and an industry leading
position in the emerging shallow water, Inboard Lower
Tertiary/Cretaceous gas trend on the Shelf of the GOM and onshore in
South Louisiana. Additional information about FCX is available on FCX's
website at www.fcx.com.
Contacts
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
Financial Contacts:
Kathleen
L. Quirk, 602-366-8016
or
David P. Joint, 504-582-4203
or
Media
Contact:
Eric E. Kinneberg, 602-366-7994