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## Stockholder Information 

## INVESTOR INQUIRIES 

The Investor Relations Department will be pleased to receive any inqui- ries about the Company's securities, including its common stock and depositary shares, or about any phase of the company's activities. A link to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which includes certifications of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and the company’s Ethics and Business Conduct Policy, is available on our web site. Additionally, copies will be furnished, without charge, to any stockholder of the company entitled to vote at its annual meeting, upon written request. The Investor Relations Department can be contacted as follows: 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Investor Relations Department 1615 Poydras Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Telephone (504) 582-4000 www.fcx.com 

## TRANSFER AGENT 

Questions about lost certificates, lost or missing dividend checks, or notifications of change of address should be directed to the FCX transfer agent, registrar and dividend disbursement agent: 

Mellon Investor Services LLC Overpeck Centre, 85 Challenger Road Ridgefield Park, New Jersey 07660 Telephone (800) 953-2493 www.melloninvestor.com 

## NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING 

The annual meeting of stockholders will be held on May 5, 2005. Notice of the meeting, together with a proxy and a proxy statement, is being sent to stockholders. A post-meeting report summarizing the proceedings of the meeting will be available on our web site (www.fcx.com) within 10 days following the meeting. A copy of the report will be mailed at no charge to any stockholder requesting it. 

## FCX CLASS B COMMON SHARES 

Our Class B common shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “FCX.” The FCX share price is reported daily in the financial press under “FMCG” in most listings of NYSE securities. At year- end 2004, the number of holders of record of our Class B common shares was 8,999. 

NYSE composite tape Class B common share price ranges during 2004 and 2003 were: 

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## NYSE ANNUAL CEO CERTIFICATION 

Our Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Richard C. Adkerson, submitted the Annual CEO Certification to the NYSE as required under the NYSE Listed Company rules. 

## COMMON SHARE DIVIDENDS 

Below is a summary of the common stock cash dividends declared and paid for the quarterly periods of 2004 and 2003, and the December 2004 supplemental dividend: 

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In February 2005, the Board of Directors authorized a supplemental common stock dividend of $0.50 per share to be paid on March 31, 2005, to shareholders of record as of March 15, 2005. The supplemental divi- dend to be paid in March represents an addition to FCX’s regular quarterly common stock dividend of $0.25 per share and the supplemental dividend of $0.25 per share paid in December 2004. 

## TAX WITHHOLDING – NONRESIDENT ALIEN STOCKHOLDERS 

Nonresident aliens who own stock in a U.S. corporation are generally sub- ject to a federal withholding tax on 100 percent of the dividends paid on that stock. However, when 80 percent or more of a corporation’s income is generated outside the U.S., the withholding percentage is not calcu- lated on 100 percent of the dividend but rather on that portion of the dividend attributable to income generated in the U.S. FCX has determined that, for quarterly dividends and supplemental dividends paid in 2004 to nonresident alien stockholders, none of the total dividend amount is subject to federal withholding tax because none of our income is from U.S. sources. 

For quarterly dividends paid in 2005, FCX estimates that none of the total dividend amount is subject to federal withholding tax. 

For additional information, please contact the Investor Relations Department. 

## FCX BENEFICIAL OWNERS 

As reflected in our 2005 proxy statement, the beneficial owners of more than five percent of our outstanding Class B common stock as of December 31, 2004, are Capital Research and Management Company (12.1 percent), FMR Corp. (10.8 percent) and Pioneer Global Asset Management S.p.A. (6.2 percent). 

