Freeport-McMoran (FCX) Plans Cost Reductions

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX) today announced it has undertaken a comprehensive review of its operating plans in its mining and oil and gas businesses to target significant additional reductions in capital spending and operating and administrative costs in response to weak market conditions for its major products. These plans will also incorporate potential adjustments to mine plans and future copper and molybdenum production volumes to reduce costs and preserve valuable resources for anticipated improved market conditions in the future. The company expects to complete this review promptly and will report its revised plans during the third quarter of 2015.

James R Moffett, FCX’s Chairman, Richard C. Adkerson, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and James C Flores, Vice Chairman and FM O&G Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are responding aggressively to current market conditions affecting our primary products and to the uncertain global economic outlook. These initiatives are focused on maximizing cash flow in a weak commodity environment and on strengthening the company’s financial position. We appreciate the efforts and dedication of our global organization who are supporting our plans to implement revised operating plans. We have a positive long-term view for our markets, the inherent values in our large asset base and are positioning our company for long-term success.”

As previously reported, FCX has made substantial progress toward the completion of its major mining development projects, which are expected to result in increased near-term production, lower unit costs, declining capital expenditures and growth in free cash flow over the next several quarters and its oil & gas subsidiary filed a registration statement in June 2015 related to a potential initial public offering representing a minority interest in the entity. FCX has a broad set of natural resource assets that provide many alternatives for future actions to enhance its financial flexibility.

FCX is a premier U.S.-based natural resources company with an industry-leading global portfolio of mineral assets, significant oil and gas resources and a growing production profile. FCX is the world’s largest publicly traded copper producer.

FCX’s portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia, one of the world’s largest copper and gold deposits; significant mining operations in the Americas, including the large-scale Morenci minerals district in North America and the Cerro Verde operation in South America; the Tenke Fungurume minerals district in the DRC; and significant U.S. oil and natural gas assets in the Deepwater GOM, onshore and offshore California and in the Haynesville natural gas shale, and a position in the emerging Inboard Lower Tertiary/Cretaceous natural gas trend onshore in South Louisiana. Additional information about FCX is available on FCX’s website at “fcx.com.”

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