<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.'s financial statements at December
31, 1999 and for the 12 months then ended, and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to such financial statments.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC.
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