<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. unaudited financial statements
at June 30, 1999 and for the six months then ended, and is qualified
in its entirety by refernce to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC.
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