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 and RENE L. LATIOLAIS 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /s/ Richard C. Adkerson ______________________________ Richard C. Adkerson 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, RENE L. LATIOLAIS 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /s/ Robert W. Bruce ______________________________ 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, RENE L. LATIOLAIS 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /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, RENE L. LATIOLAIS 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /s/ Leonard A. Davis ______________________________ Leonard A. Davis 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, RENE L. LATIOLAIS 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /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, RENE L. LATIOLAIS 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /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, RENE L. LATIOLAIS 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /s/ William B. Harrison, Jr. ______________________________ William B. Harrison, 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, RENE L. LATIOLAIS 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /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, RENE L. LATIOLAIS 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /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 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /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, RENE L. LATIOLAIS 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /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, RENE L. LATIOLAIS 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /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 JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /s/ George Putnam ______________________________ George Putnam 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, RENE L. LATIOLAIS 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /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, RENE L. LATIOLAIS 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /s/ Wolfgang F. Seigel ______________________________ Wolfgang F. Siegel 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, RENE L. LATIOLAIS 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /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, RENE L. LATIOLAIS 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /s/ Ward W. Woods, Jr. ______________________________ Ward W. Woods, 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, RENE L. LATIOLAIS 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /s/ Michael A. Weaver ______________________________ Michael A. Weaver 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 RENE L. LATIOLAIS 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, 1996, 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 4th day of February, 1997. /s/ James R. Moffett ______________________________ James R. Moffett