PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX) today declared a cash dividend of
$0.1605 per share payable on August 3, 2015 to holders of record as of
July 15, 2015 for its common stock.
The August 2015 common stock dividend consists of $0.05 per share for
FCX’s regular quarterly dividend and $0.1105 per share as a special
dividend related to the previously announced settlement of the
stockholder derivative litigation approved by the Delaware Court of
Chancery in April 2015.
FCX is a premier U.S.-based natural resources 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 U.S. oil and natural gas assets in the Deepwater GOM,
onshore and offshore California and in the Haynesville natural gas
shale, and an industry-leading position in the emerging Inboard Lower
Tertiary/Cretaceous natural gas trend onshore in South Louisiana.
Additional information about FCX is available on FCX's website at "fcx.com."
Source: Freeport-McMoRan Inc.