Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend on Common Stock
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) today declared a cash
dividend of $0.30 per share payable on November 1, 2010 to holders of
record as of October 15, 2010 for its common 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 Tenke
Fungurume minerals district in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Additional information about FCX is available on FCX′s web site at 'www.fcx.com.?
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
David P. Joint,
504-582-4203