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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-13-245217
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		7
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130603
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130603
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20130603

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FREEPORT MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000831259
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		IRS NUMBER:				742480931
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-189047
		FILM NUMBER:		13888231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		333 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85004
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6023668100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		333 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85004

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FREEPORT MCMORAN COPPER COMPANY INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19910114
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;3, 2013. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>Form S-8
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B><I>under </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>F<SMALL>REEPORT</SMALL>-M<SMALL>C</SMALL>M<SMALL>O</SMALL>R<SMALL>AN</SMALL> C<SMALL>OPPER</SMALL>&nbsp;&amp; G<SMALL>OLD</SMALL>
I<SMALL>NC</SMALL>. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>74-2480931</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>incorporation or organization)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Identification No.)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>333 North Central Avenue</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Phoenix, AZ</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>85004-2189</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Zip Code)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company 2010 Incentive Award Plan </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company 2004 Stock Incentive Plan </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>McMoRan Exploration Co. Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>McMoRan Exploration Co. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>McMoRan Exploration Co. 2004 Director Compensation Plan, as amended and restated </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>McMoRan Exploration Co. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>McMoRan Exploration Co. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>McMoRan Exploration Co. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>McMoRan Exploration Co. 1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>McMoRan Exploration Co. 1998 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended and restated </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Douglas N.
Currault II </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Assistant General Counsel and Corporate Secretary </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>333 North Central Avenue </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Phoenix, AZ 85004-2189 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(602) 366-8100 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Copy to:
</I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Kelly Simoneaux </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Jones Walker LLP </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>201 St. Charles Avenue </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>New Orleans, Louisiana 70170-5100 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(504) 528-8000 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Accelerated&nbsp;filer</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Non-accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Title of securities to be registered</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Amount (number of<BR>shares) to
be<BR>registered<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(1) (2)</SUP></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Proposed maximum<BR>offering price
per<BR>share<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(3)</SUP></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Proposed maximum<BR>aggregate
offering<BR>price<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(3)</SUP></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Amount of<BR>registration
fee<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(3)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Common Stock (par value $0.10 per share):</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company 2010 Incentive Award Plan</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1,031,308</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$30.71</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$31,671,468.68</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$4,319.99</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company 2004 Stock Incentive Plan</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">207,377</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">30.71</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6,368,547.67</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">868.67</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4,751,862</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">26.25</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">124,736,377.50</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">17,014.04</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1,682,640</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">30.14</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">50,714,769.60</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6,917.49</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 2004 Director Compensation Plan, as amended and
restated</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">71,818</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">29.98</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2,153,103.64</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">293.68</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">660,015</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">30.95</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">20,427,464.25</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2,786.31</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2,970</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">27.96</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">83,041.20</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">11.33</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5,467</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">28.09</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">153,568.03</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">20.95</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">29,295</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">30.56</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">895,255.20</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">122.11</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 1998 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended and
restated</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">15,120</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">29.57</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">447,098.40</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">60.98</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Total Common Stock</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>8,457,872</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>N/A</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>$237,650,694.17</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>$32,415.55</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px">
<TD COLSPAN="9" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px">
<TD COLSPAN="9" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(1)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction in the future during the effectiveness of this Registration Statement and involving shares
of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the &#147;<U>Common Stock</U>&#148;), the number of shares registered shall be automatically increased to cover the additional securities in accordance with Rule 416(a) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;). </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(2)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Represents the maximum number of shares of the Common Stock issuable in the future under awards outstanding pursuant to (i)&nbsp;the Plains
Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company 2010 Incentive Award Plan and the Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, which awards were assumed in connection with the merger (the &#147;<U>PXP Merger</U>&#148;) of
one of our subsidiaries with Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company, and (ii)&nbsp;the McMoRan Exploration Co. Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated,
the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2004 Director Compensation Plan, as amended and restated, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, the
McMoRan Exploration Co. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated, and the McMoRan Exploration Co. 1998 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended
and restated, which awards were assumed in connection with the merger (the &#147;<U>MMR Merger</U>&#148;) of one of our subsidiaries with McMoRan Exploration Co. The PXP Merger closed on May&nbsp;31, 2013, and the MMR Merger closed on June&nbsp;3,
2013. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(3)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee as follows: (a)&nbsp;with respect to shares issuable under outstanding stock
options being assumed, under Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, on the basis of the weighted average exercise price of the outstanding options; and (b)&nbsp;with respect to other awards, under Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, on the basis of
the average of the high and low price per share of our Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;29, 2013. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Introductory Note </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc. (&#147;<U>FCX</U>,&#148; the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148; or the
&#147;<U>Registrant</U>&#148;) hereby files this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;) relating to shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of FCX (&#147;<U>FCX Common Stock</U>&#148;) issuable
in the future under awards outstanding pursuant to the Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company 2010 Incentive Award Plan, the Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, the McMoRan Exploration Co. Amended
and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2004 Director Compensation Plan, as amended and restated, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2003 Stock
Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 1998 Stock Option
Plan, as amended and restated, and the McMoRan Exploration Co. 1998 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended and restated. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On May&nbsp;31, 2013, the Company and Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company, a Delaware corporation (&#147;<U>PXP</U>&#148;), consummated the merger (the &#147;<U>PXP Merger</U>&#148;) of PXP
with and into Freeport-McMoRan Oil&nbsp;&amp; Gas LLC (formerly, IMONC LLC), a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (&#147;<U>PXP Merger Sub</U>&#148;), with PXP Merger Sub surviving the PXP Merger as
provided by the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December&nbsp;5, 2012 (the &#147;<U>PXP Merger Agreement</U>&#148;) by and among PXP, the Company and PXP Merger Sub. PXP&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;<U>PXP
Common Stock</U>&#148;), is no longer publicly outstanding, and shares of PXP Common Stock currently represent the right to receive, subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, merger consideration consisting of cash and shares of
FCX Common Stock with a value equivalent to approximately $46.01 per share, based on the closing price of FCX Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange for the ten trading days immediately preceding the date which was five trading days immediately
prior to the completion date of the PXP Merger (the &#147;<U>PXP Merger Consideration</U>&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Certain compensatory equity
awards granted or issued by PXP fully vested in connection with the PXP Merger and converted into the right to receive the PXP Merger Consideration. Each compensatory equity award granted or issued by PXP after the date of the PXP Merger Agreement
and prior to the effective time of the PXP Merger that was outstanding as of the effective time of the PXP Merger, however, did not vest and convert into the right to receive the PXP Merger Consideration, but was converted into the same type of
award covering shares of FCX Common Stock in accordance with the formula set forth in the PXP Merger Agreement, with the same terms and conditions as prior to the completion of the PXP Merger. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On June&nbsp;3, 2013, the Company and McMoRan Exploration Co., a Delaware corporation (&#147;<U>MMR</U>&#148;), consummated the merger
(the &#147;<U>MMR Merger</U>&#148;) of INAVN Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of FCX (&#147;<U>MMR Merger Sub</U>&#148;) with and into MMR, with MMR surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company as
provided by the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December&nbsp;5, 2012 (the &#147;<U>MMR Merger Agreement</U>&#148;) by and among MMR, the Company and MMR Merger Sub. MMR&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;<U>MMR
Common Stock</U>&#148;), is no longer publicly outstanding, and shares of MMR Common Stock currently represent the right to receive, subject to the terms and conditions of the MMR Merger Agreement, the merger consideration, consisting of $14.75 in
cash, without interest, and 1.15 royalty trust units representing beneficial interests in Gulf Coast Ultra Deep Royalty Trust (the &#147;<U>MMR Merger Consideration</U>&#148;). </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each option relating to shares of MMR Common Stock outstanding and unexercised as of the
effective time of the MMR Merger became fully vested (except for options held by the executive officers of MMR and options granted after December&nbsp;5, 2012, which did not vest at the effective time of the MMR Merger), and each other equity award
outstanding at the effective time of the MMR Merger was converted into the same type of award covering shares of FCX Common Stock in accordance with the formula set forth in the MMR Merger Agreement, with the same terms and conditions as prior to
the completion of the MMR Merger, except as set forth above. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Registration Statement has been filed for the purpose of
registering (i)&nbsp;up to 1,031,308 shares of FCX Common Stock issuable under the Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company 2010 Incentive Award Plan and up to 207,377 shares of FCX Common Stock issuable under the Plains
Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, pursuant to outstanding awards assumed by FCX in connection with the PXP Merger, and (ii)&nbsp;up to 4,751,862 shares of FCX Common Stock issuable under the McMoRan Exploration Co.
Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan, up to 1,682,640 shares of FCX Common Stock issuable under the McMoRan Exploration Co. Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, up to 71,818 shares of FCX Common Stock issuable under the McMoRan
Exploration Co. Amended and Restated 2004 Director Compensation Plan, up to 660,015 shares of FCX Common Stock issuable under the McMoRan Exploration Co. Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, up to 2,970 shares of FCX Common Stock issuable
under the McMoRan Exploration Co. Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, up to 5,467 shares of FCX Common Stock issuable under the McMoRan Exploration Co. Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, up to 29,295 shares of FCX Common
Stock issuable under the McMoRan Exploration Co. Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Option Plan and up to 15,120 shares of FCX Common Stock issuable under the McMoRan Exploration Co. Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee
Directors, pursuant to outstanding awards assumed by FCX in connection with the MMR Merger. </FONT></P>

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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Information required
by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the applicable prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>PART II </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following documents, which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2012, as amended, filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;); </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (a); and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) The description of the
FCX Common Stock included in FCX&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-179420) filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;8, 2012. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All reports and other documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall, except to the extent otherwise provided by Regulation S-K or any other rule
promulgated by the Commission, be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other document subsequently filed or incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the foregoing, information furnished under Items 2.01 and 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, including exhibits related to those items, is not incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement or any related prospectus. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Description of Securities. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Not applicable. </FONT></P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Not applicable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;<U>DGCL</U>&#148;), a corporation may not indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent made or threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending, or completed proceeding unless such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal
proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the case of a proceeding by or in
the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor (e.g., a stockholder derivative suit), a corporation may indemnify an officer, director, employee or agent if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; provided, however, that no person adjudged to be liable to the corporation may be indemnified unless, and only to the extent that, the Court of Chancery or the court in which
such action or suit was brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability, in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court
deems proper. A director, officer, employee or agent who is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any proceeding subject to the DGCL&#146;s indemnification provisions must be indemnified by the corporation for reasonable expenses
incurred therein, including attorneys&#146; fees. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As permitted by the DGCL, the FCX certificate of incorporation includes a
provision that eliminates the personal liability of FCX&#146;s directors for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (1)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to FCX or its stockholders,
(2)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3)&nbsp;under section 174 of the DGCL or (4)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As a result of this provision, FCX&#146;s ability or that of FCX stockholders to successfully prosecute an action
against a director for breach of his or her duty of care is limited. However, this provision does not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as an injunction or rescission based upon a director&#146;s breach of his or her duty of care.
The Commission has taken the position that this provision will have no effect on claims arising under the federal securities laws. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In addition, the FCX certificate of incorporation provides for mandatory indemnification rights, subject to limited exceptions, to any director or executive officer who (because of the fact that he or she
is FCX&#146;s director or officer) is involved in a legal proceeding of any nature. These indemnification rights include reimbursement for expenses incurred by FCX&#146;s director or officer in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding
according to applicable law. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">II-2
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The indemnification provisions in the FCX certificate of incorporation and bylaws may be
sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of FCX&#146;s directors and executive officers for liabilities arising under the Securities Act. FCX also provides insurance from commercial carriers against some liabilities incurred by FCX&#146;s
directors and officers. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Not applicable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibits. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Composite Certificate of Incorporation of FCX, as in effect on the date hereof, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by FCX
with the SEC on August&nbsp;6, 2010.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amended and Restated Bylaws of FCX, as in effect on the date hereof, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by FCX with the SEC on
April 17, 2013.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Opinion of Jones Walker LLP.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">15.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Letter Regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Statements.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Jones Walker LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Powers of Attorney.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Plains Exploration &amp; Production Company 2010 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the PXP&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed
with the SEC on March 30, 2010).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.2</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Plains Exploration &amp; Production Company 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Annex B to PXP&#146;s Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 filed with the SEC
on April 12, 2004).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.3</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by MMR with the SEC on May
4, 2010).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.4</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by MMR with the SEC
on May 10, 2007).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.5</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 2004 Director Compensation Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by MMR with
the SEC on August 9, 2010).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by MMR with the SEC
on May&nbsp;10, 2007).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.7</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by MMR with the SEC
on May 10, 2007).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.8</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by MMR with the SEC
on May 10, 2007).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by MMR with the SEC on
May 10, 2007).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.10</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 1998 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
filed by MMR with the SEC on May 10, 2007).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Undertakings. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:13%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:13%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration
Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:13%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section
15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, on June&nbsp;3, 2013. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER&nbsp;&amp; GOLD INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Kathleen L. Quirk</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Kathleen L. Quirk</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer &amp; Treasurer</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June&nbsp;3, 2013. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:15pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>


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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Richard C. Adkerson</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">President, Chief Executive Officer<BR>and Director</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, <BR>Chief Financial Officer &amp; Treasurer</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>(Principal Financial Officer)</I></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Kathleen L. Quirk</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;margin-top:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ C. Donald Whitmire, Jr.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Vice President and</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Controller-Financial Reporting</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>(Principal Accounting
Officer)</I></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">C. Donald Whitmire, Jr.</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">James R. Moffett</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Robert J. Allison, Jr.</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Robert A. Day</FONT></P></TD>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">James C. Flores</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Gerald J. Ford</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thomas A. Fry, III</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">H. Devon Graham, Jr.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Charles C. Krulak</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Bobby Lee Lackey</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Jon C. Madonna</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dustan E. McCoy</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">B.M. Rankin, Jr.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Stephen H. Siegele</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Kathleen L. Quirk</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Kathleen L. Quirk</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attorney-in-fact</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Composite Certificate of Incorporation of FCX, as in effect on the date hereof, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by FCX
with the SEC on August 6, 2010.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amended and Restated Bylaws of FCX, as in effect on the date hereof, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by FCX with the SEC on
April 17, 2013.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Opinion of Jones Walker LLP.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Letter Regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Statements.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Jones Walker LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Powers of Attorney.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Plains Exploration &amp; Production Company 2010 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to PXP&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with
the SEC on March 30, 2010).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Plains Exploration &amp; Production Company 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Annex B to PXP&#146;s Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 filed with the SEC
on April 12, 2004).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by MMR with the SEC on May
4, 2010).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.4</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by MMR with the SEC
on May 10, 2007).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 2004 Director Compensation Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by MMR with
the SEC on August 9, 2010).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by MMR with the SEC
on May 10, 2007).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by MMR with the SEC
on May&nbsp;10, 2007).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by MMR with the SEC
on May 10, 2007).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by MMR with the SEC on
May 10, 2007).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McMoRan Exploration Co. 1998 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
filed by MMR with the SEC on May 10, 2007).</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 5.1 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">


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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">June 3, 2013 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Freeport-McMoRan Copper &amp; Gold Inc. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">333 North Central Avenue </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Phoenix, Arizona 85004 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ladies and Gentlemen:
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We have acted as counsel to Freeport-McMoRan Copper &amp; Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), in
connection with the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of an aggregate
8,457,872&nbsp;shares of Common Stock of the Company, $0.10 par value per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;). 1,238,685&nbsp;shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Plains Exploration &amp; Production Company 2010 Incentive Award Plan and
the Plains Exploration &amp; Production Company 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (collectively, the &#147;PXP Plans&#148;) and 7,219,187&nbsp;shares of Common Stock may be issued under the McMoRan Exploration Co. Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive
Plan, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2004 Director Compensation Plan, as amended and restated, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and
restated, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated and
the McMoRan Exploration Co. 1998 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended and restated (collectively, the &#147;MMR Plans,&#148; and together with the PXP Plans, the &#147;Plans&#148;). Certain outstanding awards under the Plans have
been assumed by the Company subject to appropriate adjustments in connection with the merger of Plains Exploration &amp; Production Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and the merger of a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company with and into McMoRan Exploration Co. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We have examined instruments, documents, and records which we deemed relevant
and necessary for the basis of our opinion hereinafter expressed. In such examination, we have assumed the following: (a)&nbsp;the authenticity of original documents and the genuineness of all signatures; (b)&nbsp;the conformity to the originals of
all documents submitted to us as copies; and (c)&nbsp;the truth, accuracy, and completeness of the information, representations, and warranties contained in the records, documents, instruments, and certificates we have reviewed. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the shares of Common Stock to be issued by the Company pursuant to the converted
awards under the Plans after the filing of this Registration Statement are validly authorized shares of Common Stock and, when issued in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, will be legally issued, fully paid, and non-assessable. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name wherever it
appears in the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not consider that we are &#147;experts&#148; within the meaning of such term as used in the Securities Act of 1933, as </FONT></P>
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A<SMALL>LABAMA</SMALL> &#149; A<SMALL>RIZONA</SMALL> &#149; C<SMALL>ALIFORNIA</SMALL> &#149;
D<SMALL>ISTRICT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> C<SMALL>OLUMBIA</SMALL> &#149; F<SMALL>LORIDA</SMALL> &#149; G<SMALL>EORGIA</SMALL> &#149; L<SMALL>OUISIANA</SMALL> &#149; M<SMALL>ISSISSIPPI</SMALL> &#149; N<SMALL>EW</SMALL>&nbsp;Y<SMALL>ORK</SMALL> &#149;
T<SMALL>EXAS</SMALL> </FONT></P>

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amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued thereunder, with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this opinion as an exhibit or
otherwise. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:68%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">JONES WALKER LLP </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:68%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Jones Walker LLP </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:120px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:120px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="font-size:36px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:60px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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D<SMALL>ISTRICT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> C<SMALL>OLUMBIA</SMALL> &#149; F<SMALL>LORIDA</SMALL> &#149; G<SMALL>EORGIA</SMALL> &#149; L<SMALL>OUISIANA</SMALL> &#149; M<SMALL>ISSISSIPPI</SMALL> &#149; N<SMALL>EW</SMALL>&nbsp;Y<SMALL>ORK</SMALL> &#149;
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 15.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc.: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We
are aware of the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) of our report dated May&nbsp;6, 2013 relating to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc.
that is included in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2013. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Phoenix, Arizona </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">June 3, 2013
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 23.2 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We consent to the incorporation
by reference in the Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company 2010 Incentive Award Plan, the Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production 2004 Stock
Incentive Plan, the McMoRan Exploration Co. Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2004 Director Compensation Plan, as amended and
restated, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, the McMoRan Exploration Co. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated,
the McMoRan Exploration Co. 1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated, and the McMoRan Exploration Co. 1998 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended and restated, of our reports dated February&nbsp;22, 2013, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements and schedule of Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc. included in its Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2012, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/
Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Phoenix, Arizona </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">June 3, 2013 </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 24.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors of Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT and KATHLEEN L. QUIRK,
and each of them acting individually, the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned and
in the name of the undersigned and in the capacity or capacities of the undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of Company common stock that may be issued under stock incentive plans assumed by the Company for the purpose of converting Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Co. stock
incentive awards, as applicable, into stock incentive awards of the Company in connection with, as applicable, (i)&nbsp;the merger of Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and
(ii)&nbsp;the merger of a subsidiary of the Company with and into McMoRan Exploration Co. (with McMoRan Exploration Co. surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and any amendment or amendments to such Registration Statement
and any other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or
attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said
attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DATED May&nbsp;31, 2013. </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and KATHLEEN L. QUIRK, and each of them acting individually, the true and
lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned and in the capacity
or capacities of the undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of Company
common stock that may be issued under stock incentive plans assumed by the Company for the purpose of converting Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Co. stock incentive awards, as applicable, into stock incentive
awards of the Company in connection with, as applicable, (i)&nbsp;the merger of Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and (ii)&nbsp;the merger of a subsidiary of the Company with and
into McMoRan Exploration Co. (with McMoRan Exploration Co. surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and any amendment or amendments to such Registration Statement and any other document in support thereof or supplemental
thereto, and the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the
intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DATED May&nbsp;31, 2013. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Robert J. Allison, Jr.</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and KATHLEEN L. QUIRK, and each of them acting individually, the true and
lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned and in the capacity
or capacities of the undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of Company
common stock that may be issued under stock incentive plans assumed by the Company for the purpose of converting Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Co. stock incentive awards, as applicable, into stock incentive
awards of the Company in connection with, as applicable, (i)&nbsp;the merger of Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and (ii)&nbsp;the merger of a subsidiary of the Company with and
into McMoRan Exploration Co. (with McMoRan Exploration Co. surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and any amendment or amendments to such Registration Statement and any other document in support thereof or supplemental
thereto, and the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the
intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DATED May&nbsp;31, 2013. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Alan R. Buckwalter, III</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and KATHLEEN L. QUIRK, and each of them acting individually, the true and
lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned and in the capacity
or capacities of the undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of Company
common stock that may be issued under stock incentive plans assumed by the Company for the purpose of converting Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Co. stock incentive awards, as applicable, into stock incentive
awards of the Company in connection with, as applicable, (i)&nbsp;the merger of Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and (ii)&nbsp;the merger of a subsidiary of the Company with and
into McMoRan Exploration Co. (with McMoRan Exploration Co. surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and any amendment or amendments to such Registration Statement and any other document in support thereof or supplemental
thereto, and the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the
intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DATED May&nbsp;31, 2013. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Robert A. Day</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Robert A. Day</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and KATHLEEN L. QUIRK, and each of them acting individually, the true and
lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned and in the capacity
or capacities of the undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of Company
common stock that may be issued under stock incentive plans assumed by the Company for the purpose of converting Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Co. stock incentive awards, as applicable, into stock incentive
awards of the Company in connection with, as applicable, (i)&nbsp;the merger of Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and (ii)&nbsp;the merger of a subsidiary of the Company with and
into McMoRan Exploration Co. (with McMoRan Exploration Co. surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and any amendment or amendments to such Registration Statement and any other document in support thereof or supplemental
thereto, and the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the
intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DATED May&nbsp;31, 2013. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ James C. Flores</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">James C. Flores</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and KATHLEEN L. QUIRK, and each of them acting individually, the true and
lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned and in the capacity
or capacities of the undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of Company
common stock that may be issued under stock incentive plans assumed by the Company for the purpose of converting Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Co. stock incentive awards, as applicable, into stock incentive
awards of the Company in connection with, as applicable, (i)&nbsp;the merger of Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and (ii)&nbsp;the merger of a subsidiary of the Company with and
into McMoRan Exploration Co. (with McMoRan Exploration Co. surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and any amendment or amendments to such Registration Statement and any other document in support thereof or supplemental
thereto, and the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the
intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DATED May&nbsp;31, 2013. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Thomas A. Fry, III</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thomas A. Fry, III</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and KATHLEEN L. QUIRK, and each of them acting individually, the true and
lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned and in the capacity
or capacities of the undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of Company
common stock that may be issued under stock incentive plans assumed by the Company for the purpose of converting Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Co. stock incentive awards, as applicable, into stock incentive
awards of the Company in connection with, as applicable, (i)&nbsp;the merger of Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and (ii)&nbsp;the merger of a subsidiary of the Company with and
into McMoRan Exploration Co. (with McMoRan Exploration Co. surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and any amendment or amendments to such Registration Statement and any other document in support thereof or supplemental
thereto, and the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the
intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DATED May&nbsp;31, 2013. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Gerald J. Ford</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Gerald J. Ford</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and KATHLEEN L. QUIRK, and each of them acting individually, the true and
lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned and in the capacity
or capacities of the undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of Company
common stock that may be issued under stock incentive plans assumed by the Company for the purpose of converting Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Co. stock incentive awards, as applicable, into stock incentive
awards of the Company in connection with, as applicable, (i)&nbsp;the merger of Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and (ii)&nbsp;the merger of a subsidiary of the Company with and
into McMoRan Exploration Co. (with McMoRan Exploration Co. surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and any amendment or amendments to such Registration Statement and any other document in support thereof or supplemental
thereto, and the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the
intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DATED May&nbsp;31, 2013. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ H. Devon Graham, Jr.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">H. Devon Graham, Jr.</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and KATHLEEN L. QUIRK, and each of them acting individually, the true and
lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned and in the capacity
or capacities of the undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of Company
common stock that may be issued under stock incentive plans assumed by the Company for the purpose of converting Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Co. stock incentive awards, as applicable, into stock incentive
awards of the Company in connection with, as applicable, (i)&nbsp;the merger of Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and (ii)&nbsp;the merger of a subsidiary of the Company with and
into McMoRan Exploration Co. (with McMoRan Exploration Co. surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and any amendment or amendments to such Registration Statement and any other document in support thereof or supplemental
thereto, and the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the
intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DATED May&nbsp;31, 2013. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Charles C. Krulak</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Charles C. Krulak</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and KATHLEEN L. QUIRK, and each of them acting individually, the true and
lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned and in the capacity
or capacities of the undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of Company
common stock that may be issued under stock incentive plans assumed by the Company for the purpose of converting Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Co. stock incentive awards, as applicable, into stock incentive
awards of the Company in connection with, as applicable, (i)&nbsp;the merger of Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and (ii)&nbsp;the merger of a subsidiary of the Company with and
into McMoRan Exploration Co. (with McMoRan Exploration Co. surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and any amendment or amendments to such Registration Statement and any other document in support thereof or supplemental
thereto, and the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the
intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DATED May&nbsp;31, 2013. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Bobby Lee Lackey</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Bobby Lee Lackey</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and KATHLEEN L. QUIRK, and each of them acting individually, the true and
lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned and in the capacity
or capacities of the undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of Company
common stock that may be issued under stock incentive plans assumed by the Company for the purpose of converting Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Co. stock incentive awards, as applicable, into stock incentive
awards of the Company in connection with, as applicable, (i)&nbsp;the merger of Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and (ii)&nbsp;the merger of a subsidiary of the Company with and
into McMoRan Exploration Co. (with McMoRan Exploration Co. surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and any amendment or amendments to such Registration Statement and any other document in support thereof or supplemental
thereto, and the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the
intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DATED May&nbsp;31, 2013. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Jon C. Madonna</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and KATHLEEN L. QUIRK, and each of them acting individually, the true and
lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned and in the capacity
or capacities of the undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of Company
common stock that may be issued under stock incentive plans assumed by the Company for the purpose of converting Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Co. stock incentive awards, as applicable, into stock incentive
awards of the Company in connection with, as applicable, (i)&nbsp;the merger of Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and (ii)&nbsp;the merger of a subsidiary of the Company with and
into McMoRan Exploration Co. (with McMoRan Exploration Co. surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and any amendment or amendments to such Registration Statement and any other document in support thereof or supplemental
thereto, and the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the
intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DATED May&nbsp;31, 2013. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Dustan E. McCoy</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dustan E. McCoy</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in her capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT and RICHARD C. ADKERSON, and each of them acting individually, the true and lawful attorney of
the undersigned with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned and in the capacity or capacities of
the undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of Company common stock that
may be issued under stock incentive plans assumed by the Company for the purpose of converting Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Co. stock incentive awards, as applicable, into stock incentive awards of the
Company in connection with, as applicable, (i)&nbsp;the merger of Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and (ii)&nbsp;the merger of a subsidiary of the Company with and into McMoRan
Exploration Co. (with McMoRan Exploration Co. surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and any amendment or amendments to such Registration Statement and any other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and
the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of the
foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of
Attorney. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DATED May&nbsp;31, 2013. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Kathleen L. Quirk</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Kathleen L. Quirk</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), does hereby make, constitute and appoint RICHARD C. ADKERSON and KATHLEEN L. QUIRK, and each of them acting individually, the true and lawful attorney of
the undersigned with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned and in the capacity or capacities of
the undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of Company common stock that
may be issued under stock incentive plans assumed by the Company for the purpose of converting Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Co. stock incentive awards, as applicable, into stock incentive awards of the
Company in connection with, as applicable, (i)&nbsp;the merger of Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and (ii)&nbsp;the merger of a subsidiary of the Company with and into McMoRan
Exploration Co. (with McMoRan Exploration Co. surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and any amendment or amendments to such Registration Statement and any other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and
the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of the
foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of
Attorney. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DATED May&nbsp;31, 2013. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ James R. Moffett</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">James R. Moffett</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and KATHLEEN L. QUIRK, and each of them acting individually, the true and
lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned and in the capacity
or capacities of the undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of Company
common stock that may be issued under stock incentive plans assumed by the Company for the purpose of converting Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Co. stock incentive awards, as applicable, into stock incentive
awards of the Company in connection with, as applicable, (i)&nbsp;the merger of Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and (ii)&nbsp;the merger of a subsidiary of the Company with and
into McMoRan Exploration Co. (with McMoRan Exploration Co. surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and any amendment or amendments to such Registration Statement and any other document in support thereof or supplemental
thereto, and the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the
intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DATED May&nbsp;31, 2013. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ B.M. Rankin, Jr.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">B.M. Rankin, Jr.</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and KATHLEEN L. QUIRK, and each of them acting individually, the true and
lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned and in the capacity
or capacities of the undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of Company
common stock that may be issued under stock incentive plans assumed by the Company for the purpose of converting Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Co. stock incentive awards, as applicable, into stock incentive
awards of the Company in connection with, as applicable, (i)&nbsp;the merger of Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and (ii)&nbsp;the merger of a subsidiary of the Company with and
into McMoRan Exploration Co. (with McMoRan Exploration Co. surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and any amendment or amendments to such Registration Statement and any other document in support thereof or supplemental
thereto, and the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the
intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DATED May&nbsp;31, 2013. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Stephen H. Siegele</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Stephen H. Siegele</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan Copper&nbsp;&amp; Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and KATHLEEN L. QUIRK, and each of them acting individually, the true and
lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned and in the capacity
or capacities of the undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of Company
common stock that may be issued under stock incentive plans assumed by the Company for the purpose of converting Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Co. stock incentive awards, as applicable, into stock incentive
awards of the Company in connection with, as applicable, (i)&nbsp;the merger of Plains Exploration&nbsp;&amp; Production Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and (ii)&nbsp;the merger of a subsidiary of the Company with and
into McMoRan Exploration Co. (with McMoRan Exploration Co. surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and any amendment or amendments to such Registration Statement and any other document in support thereof or supplemental
thereto, and the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the
intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DATED May&nbsp;31, 2013. </FONT></P>
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