Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Announces Appointment of Lead Independent Director
26 Juni 2013 - 2:40PM
Business Wire
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) announced
today that its Board of Directors has appointed Gerald J. Ford to
the newly created position of lead independent director effective
June 25, 2013.
Mr. Ford was elected to FCX’s Board in 2000, and will continue
to serve on the Board’s Audit and Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committees. Mr. Ford is the principal shareholder and
Chairman of the Board of Hilltop Holdings Inc. He also is the Co-
Managing Partner of Ford Financial Fund II, L.P., a private equity
firm. Mr. Ford previously served as Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer of Golden State Bancorp, Inc. and its wholly
owned subsidiary, California Federal Bank, FSB, a Federal Savings
Bank, from 1998 through its 2002 merger with Citigroup Inc.
FCX is a premier U.S.-based natural resource company with an
industry leading global portfolio of mineral assets, significant
oil and gas resources and a growing production profile. FCX is the
world’s largest publicly traded copper producer.
FCX’s portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg minerals
district in Indonesia, one of the world’s largest copper and gold
deposits; significant mining operations in the Americas, including
the large-scale Morenci minerals district in North America and the
Cerro Verde and El Abra operations in South America; the Tenke
Fungurume minerals district in the Democratic Republic of Congo;
and significant oil and natural gas assets in North America,
including reserves in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, onshore and
offshore California, in the Eagle Ford and Haynesville shale plays
and an industry leading position in the emerging shallow water,
ultra-deep gas trend on the Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico and onshore
in South Louisiana. Additional information about FCX is available
on FCX's website at www.fcx.com.
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.Financial
Contacts:Kathleen L. Quirk,
602-366-8016orDavid P. Joint,
504-582-4203orMedia Contact:Eric E. Kinneberg,
602-366-7994
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