POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in
his capacity or capacities as an officer or a member of the
Board of Directors or both of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute, and appoint RICHARD
C. ADKERSON, RENE L. LATIOLAIS, ROGER T. BAKER, and MICHAEL C.
KILANOWSKI, JR., and each of them acting individually, the true
and lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act
without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf
of the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned and in
the capacity or capacities of the undersigned as aforesaid, a
Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such
other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for
the registration under the Act of shares of Company common
stock that may be issued under the 1996 Stock Option Plan of
the Company, and any amendment or amendments to such
Registration Statement 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 that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause
to be done by virtue of these presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
power of attorney this 25th day of June, 1997.
/s/ James R. Moffett
JAMES R. MOFFETT
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in
his capacity or capacities as an officer or a member of the
Board of Directors or both of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute, and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON, ROGER T. BAKER, and MICHAEL C.
KILANOWSKI, JR., and each of them acting individually, the true
and lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act
without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file, for and on behalf
of the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned and in
the capacity or capacities of the undersigned as aforesaid, a
Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8, or on such
other Form as may be determined to be applicable, providing for
the registration under the Act of shares of Company common
stock that may be issued under the 1996 Stock Option Plan of
the Company, and any amendment or amendments to such
Registration Statement 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 that said attorney or attorneys may do or cause
to be done by virtue of these presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
power of attorney this 25th day of June, 1997.
/s/ Rene L. Latiolais
RENE L. LATIOLAIS
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in
his capacity or capacities as an officer or a member of the
Board of Directors or both of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute, and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON, RENE L. LATIOLAIS, ROGER T.
BAKER, and MICHAEL C. KILANOWSKI, JR., and each of them acting
individually, the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned
with power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file,
for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the
undersigned and in the capacity or capacities of the
undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the
Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined
to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Act
of shares of Company common stock that may be issued under the
1996 Stock Option Plan of the Company, and any amendment or
amendments to such Registration Statement 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 that said attorney or attorneys
may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
power of attorney this 25th day of June, 1997.
/s/ Robert M. Wohleber
ROBERT M. WOHLEBER
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in
his capacity or capacities as an officer or a member of the
Board of Directors or both of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute, and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON, RENE L. LATIOLAIS, ROGER T.
BAKER, and MICHAEL C. KILANOWSKI, JR., and each of them acting
individually, the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned
with power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file,
for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the
undersigned and in the capacity or capacities of the
undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the
Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined
to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Act
of shares of Company common stock that may be issued under the
1996 Stock Option Plan of the Company, and any amendment or
amendments to such Registration Statement 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 that said attorney or attorneys
may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
power of attorney this 25th day of June, 1997.
/s/ William J. Blackwell
WILLIAM J. BLACKWELL
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in
his capacity or capacities as an officer or a member of the
Board of Directors or both of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute, and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON, RENE L. LATIOLAIS, ROGER T.
BAKER, and MICHAEL C. KILANOWSKI, JR., and each of them acting
individually, the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned
with power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file,
for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the
undersigned and in the capacity or capacities of the
undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the
Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined
to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Act
of shares of Company common stock that may be issued under the
1996 Stock Option Plan of the Company, and any amendment or
amendments to such Registration Statement 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 that said attorney or attorneys
may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
power of attorney this 25th day of June, 1997.
/s/ Robert W. Bruce III
ROBERT W. BRUCE III
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in
his capacity or capacities as an officer or a member of the
Board of Directors or both of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute, and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON, RENE L. LATIOLAIS, ROGER T.
BAKER, and MICHAEL C. KILANOWSKI, JR., and each of them acting
individually, the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned
with power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file,
for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the
undersigned and in the capacity or capacities of the
undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the
Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined
to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Act
of shares of Company common stock that may be issued under the
1996 Stock Option Plan of the Company, and any amendment or
amendments to such Registration Statement 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 that said attorney or attorneys
may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
power of attorney this 25th day of June, 1997.
/s/ Robert A. Day
ROBERT A. DAY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in
his capacity or capacities as an officer or a member of the
Board of Directors or both of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute, and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON, RENE L. LATIOLAIS, ROGER T.
BAKER, and MICHAEL C. KILANOWSKI, JR., and each of them acting
individually, the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned
with power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file,
for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the
undersigned and in the capacity or capacities of the
undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the
Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined
to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Act
of shares of Company common stock that may be issued under the
1996 Stock Option Plan of the Company, and any amendment or
amendments to such Registration Statement 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 that said attorney or attorneys
may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
power of attorney this 25th day of June, 1997.
/s/ William B. Harrison, Jr.
WILLIAM B. HARRISON, JR.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in
his capacity or capacities as an officer or a member of the
Board of Directors or both of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute, and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON, RENE L. LATIOLAIS, ROGER T.
BAKER, and MICHAEL C. KILANOWSKI, JR., and each of them acting
individually, the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned
with power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file,
for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the
undersigned and in the capacity or capacities of the
undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the
Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined
to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Act
of shares of Company common stock that may be issued under the
1996 Stock Option Plan of the Company, and any amendment or
amendments to such Registration Statement 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 that said attorney or attorneys
may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
power of attorney this 25th day of June, 1997.
/s/ Henry A. Kissinger
HENRY A. KISSINGER
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in
his capacity or capacities as an officer or a member of the
Board of Directors or both of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute, and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON, RENE L. LATIOLAIS, ROGER T.
BAKER, and MICHAEL C. KILANOWSKI, JR., and each of them acting
individually, the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned
with power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file,
for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the
undersigned and in the capacity or capacities of the
undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the
Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined
to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Act
of shares of Company common stock that may be issued under the
1996 Stock Option Plan of the Company, and any amendment or
amendments to such Registration Statement 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 that said attorney or attorneys
may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
power of attorney this 25th day of June, 1997.
/s/ Bobby L. Lackey
BOBBY L. LACKEY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in
his capacity or capacities as an officer or a member of the
Board of Directors or both of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute, and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON, RENE L. LATIOLAIS, ROGER T.
BAKER, and MICHAEL C. KILANOWSKI, JR., and each of them acting
individually, the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned
with power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file,
for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the
undersigned and in the capacity or capacities of the
undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the
Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined
to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Act
of shares of Company common stock that may be issued under the
1996 Stock Option Plan of the Company, and any amendment or
amendments to such Registration Statement 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 that said attorney or attorneys
may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
power of attorney this 25th day of June, 1997.
/s/ Gabrielle K. McDonald
GABRIELLE K. MCDONALD
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in
his capacity or capacities as an officer or a member of the
Board of Directors or both of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute, and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON, RENE L. LATIOLAIS, ROGER T.
BAKER, and MICHAEL C. KILANOWSKI, JR., and each of them acting
individually, the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned
with power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file,
for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the
undersigned and in the capacity or capacities of the
undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the
Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined
to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Act
of shares of Company common stock that may be issued under the
1996 Stock Option Plan of the Company, and any amendment or
amendments to such Registration Statement 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 that said attorney or attorneys
may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
power of attorney this 25th day of June, 1997.
/s/ George Putnam
GEORGE PUTNAM
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in
his capacity or capacities as an officer or a member of the
Board of Directors or both of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute, and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON, RENE L. LATIOLAIS, ROGER T.
BAKER, and MICHAEL C. KILANOWSKI, JR., and each of them acting
individually, the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned
with power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file,
for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the
undersigned and in the capacity or capacities of the
undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the
Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined
to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Act
of shares of Company common stock that may be issued under the
1996 Stock Option Plan of the Company, and any amendment or
amendments to such Registration Statement 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 that said attorney or attorneys
may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
power of attorney this 25th day of June, 1997.
/s/ B.M. Rankin, Jr.
B.M. RANKIN, JR.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in
his capacity or capacities as an officer or a member of the
Board of Directors or both of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (the
"Company"), does hereby make, constitute, and appoint JAMES R.
MOFFETT, RICHARD C. ADKERSON, RENE L. LATIOLAIS, ROGER T.
BAKER, and MICHAEL C. KILANOWSKI, JR., and each of them acting
individually, the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned
with power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to execute, deliver, and file,
for and on behalf of the undersigned and in the name of the
undersigned and in the capacity or capacities of the
undersigned as aforesaid, a Registration Statement of the
Company on Form S-8, or on such other Form as may be determined
to be applicable, providing for the registration under the Act
of shares of Company common stock that may be issued under the
1996 Stock Option Plan of the Company, and any amendment or
amendments to such Registration Statement 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 that said attorney or attorneys
may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
power of attorney this 25th day of June, 1997.
/s/ J. Taylor Wharton
J. TAYLOR WHARTON