Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. is the world's largest publicly traded copper company. The company mines geographically diverse, long-lived reserves of copper, gold and molybdenum. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. has major mining operations in North America, South America and Indonesia, and a development project in Africa. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. has strong Core Values concerning environmental protection and mitigation and the support of local communities where the company operates.