Exhibit 24.1





                      FREEPORT-McMoRan INC.
 
                    Certificate of Secretary
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          I,  Michael C. Kilanowski,  Jr., Secretary of Freeport-

McMoRan  Inc. (the  "Corporation"),  a Delaware  corporation,  do

hereby certify that the following resolution was  duly adopted by

the Board  of Directors of the  Corporation at a meeting  held on

February 29, 1984, and that such resolution has not been amended,

modified or rescinded and is in full force and effect:

          RESOLVED, That any report,  registration statement
     or  other  form filed  on  behalf  of this  corporation
     pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or any
     amendment to any such report, registration statement or
     other  form, may be signed on behalf of any director or
     officer  of this  corporation  pursuant to  a power  of
     attorney executed by such director or officer. 

         IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name and the

seal of the Corporation this 10th day of March, 1995.




                                  /s/ Michael C. Kilanowski, Jr.
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                                  Michael C.Kilanowski, Jr.      
                                  Secretary