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 
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,
1998, 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 2nd day of February, 1999.



                                   /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, 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,
1998, 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 2nd day of February, 1999.



                                   /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, 1998, 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 2nd day of February, 1999.



                                   /s/Leon A. Davis
                                   Leon 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, 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,
1998, 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 2nd day of February, 1999.



                                   /s/Jonathan C. A. Leslie
                                   Jonathan C.A. Leslie
                                   



                        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, 1998, 
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 2nd day of February, 1999.



                                   /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, 1998 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 adviseable 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 2nd day of February, 1999.



                                   /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, 1998 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 2nd day of February, 1999.



                                   /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, 1998 
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 2nd day of February, 1999.



                                   /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, 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, 1998 
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 2nd day of February, 1999.



                                   /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, 1998 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 2nd day of February, 1999.



                                   /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, 1998, 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 2nd day of February, 1999.



                                   /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, 1998, 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 2nd day of February, 1999.



                                   /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, 1998, 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 2nd day of February, 1999.



                                   /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, 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, 1998, 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 2nd day of February, 1999.



                                   /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 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, 1998, 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 2nd day of February, 1999.



                                   /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 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, 1998, 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 2nd day of February, 1999.



                                   /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, 1998, 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 2nd day of February, 1999.



                                   /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, 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, 1998, 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 2nd day of February, 1999.



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