Exhibit 24.1

             Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

                   Secretary's Certificate

     I,  Douglas  N.  Currault  II, Assistant  Secretary  of
Freeport-McMoRan  Copper & Gold 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 December 13, 1988, and that
such  resolution has not been amended, modified or rescinded
and is in full force and effect on the date hereof:

          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  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 signed my name and
affixed  the  seal of the Corporation on this  21st  day  of
March, 2001.





                                    /s/ Douglas N. Currault II
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                                        Douglas N. Currault II
                                        Assistant Secretary

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