Exhibit 24.2


                    	POWER OF ATTORNEY


     BE IT KNOWN:  That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and STEPHEN M. JONES, and each of them
acting individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of
him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

EXECUTED this 1st day of February, 2000.



                       /s/ Robert W. Bruce III
                       -----------------------
                       Robert W. Bruce III


                    	POWER OF ATTORNEY


BE IT KNOWN:  That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and STEPHEN M. JONES, and each of them
acting individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of
him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

EXECUTED this 1st day of February, 2000.



                      /s/ Robert A. Day
                      -----------------
                      Robert A. Day


                   POWER OF ATTORNEY


BE IT KNOWN:  That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and STEPHEN M. JONES,  and each of
them acting individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of
him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

EXECUTED this 1st day of February, 2000.



                        /s/ Oscar Y. L. Groeneveld
                        --------------------------
                        Oscar Y. L. Groeneveld




                  	POWER OF ATTORNEY


BE IT KNOWN:  That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and STEPHEN M. JONES, and each of them
acting individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of
him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

EXECUTED this 1st day of February, 2000.



                   /s/ J. Bennett Johnston
                   -----------------------
                   J. Bennett Johnston




                  	POWER OF ATTORNEY


BE IT KNOWN:  That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and STEPHEN M. JONES, and each of them
acting individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of
him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999 and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

EXECUTED this 1st day of February, 2000.



                       /s/ Henry A. Kissinger
                       ----------------------
                       Henry A. Kissinger




               	POWER OF ATTORNEY


BE IT KNOWN:  That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and STEPHEN M. JONES, and each of them
acting individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of
him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999 and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

EXECUTED this 1st day of February, 2000.



                         /s/ Bobby Lee Lackey
                         --------------------
                         Bobby Lee Lackey




                  	POWER OF ATTORNEY


BE IT KNOWN:  That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and STEPHEN M. JONES, and each of them
acting individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of
him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

EXECUTED this 1st day of February, 2000.



                    /s/ Rene L. Latiolais
                    ---------------------
                    Rene L. Latiolais



                    	POWER OF ATTORNEY


BE IT KNOWN:  That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and STEPHEN M. JONES, and each of them
acting individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of
him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

EXECUTED this 1st day of February, 2000.



                     /s/ Gabrielle K. McDonald
                     -------------------------
                     Gabrielle K. McDonald




                 	POWER OF ATTORNEY


BE IT KNOWN:  That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and STEPHEN M. JONES, and each of them
acting individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of
him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

EXECUTED this 1st day of February, 2000.



                      /s/ George A. Mealey
                      --------------------
                      George A. Mealey





                 	POWER OF ATTORNEY


BE IT KNOWN:  That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint RICHARD C.
ADKERSON and STEPHEN M. JONES,  and each of them acting
individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to
act without the others and with full power of substitution, to
execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of him, in his name
and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report of
the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, and
any amendment or amendments thereto and any other document in
support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the undersigned hereby
grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to
carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned
might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things
which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney.

EXECUTED this 1st day of February, 2000.



                     /s/ James R. Moffett
                     --------------------
                       James R. Moffett


                 	POWER OF ATTORNEY


BE IT KNOWN:  That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and STEPHEN M. JONES, and each of them
acting individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of
him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

EXECUTED this 1st day of February, 2000.



                   /s/ B. M. Rankin, Jr.
                   ---------------------
                   B. M. Rankin, Jr.




                  	POWER OF ATTORNEY


BE IT KNOWN:  That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and STEPHEN M. JONES,  and each of
them acting individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of
him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

EXECUTED this 1st day of February, 2000.



                       /s/  J. Taylor Wharton
                       ----------------------
                        J. Taylor Wharton


                       	POWER OF ATTORNEY


BE IT KNOWN:  That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT and RICHARD C. ADKERSON, and each of them acting
individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to
act without the others and with full power of substitution, to
execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of him, in his name
and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report of
the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, and
any amendment or amendments thereto and any other document in
support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the undersigned hereby
grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to
carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned
might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things
which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney.

EXECUTED this 1st day of February, 2000.



                        /s/ Stephen M. Jones
                        --------------------
                        Stephen M. Jones




                   POWER OF ATTORNEY


BE IT KNOWN:  That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and STEPHEN M. JONES,  and each of
them acting individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of
him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

EXECUTED this 1st day of February, 2000.



                            /s/ C. Donald Whitmire, Jr.
                            ---------------------------
                            C. Donald Whitmire, Jr.




                    POWER OF ATTORNEY


BE IT KNOWN:  That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and STEPHEN M. JONES,  and each of
them acting individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of
him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

EXECUTED this 1st day of February, 2000.



                            /s/ H. Devon Graham, Jr.
                            ------------------------
                            H. Devon Graham, Jr.




                    POWER OF ATTORNEY


BE IT KNOWN:  That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and STEPHEN M. JONES,  and each of
them acting individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of
him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

EXECUTED this 1st day of February, 2000.



                         /s/ R. Leigh Clifford
                         ---------------------
                         R. Leigh Clifford




                     POWER OF ATTORNEY


BE IT KNOWN:  That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON and STEPHEN M. JONES,  and each of
them acting individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of
him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

EXECUTED this 1st day of February, 2000.



                         /s/ Gerald J. Ford
                         ------------------
                         Gerald J. Ford