To download a PDF of the release, please visit the following link: Freeport-McMoRan Announces Extension of Consent Solicitations

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX) announced today that it and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC and FCX Oil & Gas Inc., have extended the expiration date for their previously announced solicitation of consents from holders of their outstanding 6.125% Senior Notes due 2019, 6.50% Senior Notes due 2020, 6.625% Senior Notes due 2021, 6.75% Senior Notes due 2022, and 6.875% Senior Notes due 2023 (collectively, the GǣNotesGǥ) to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 28, 2016, unless further extended or earlier terminated.

The consent solicitations were previously scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 23, 2016. Except for the extension of the expiration date as set forth above, the terms of the consent solicitations remain unchanged. Holders of the Notes that have validly delivered consents do not need to take further action in light of the extension.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated are the Solicitation Agents in connection with the consent solicitations. Persons with questions regarding the consent solicitations should contact J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at (212) 270-7765 (collect) or (866) 834-4666 (toll-free) (Attention: Liability Management Group). Requests for copies of the solicitation documents and other related materials should be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc., the Information and Tabulation Agent for the consent solicitations, at (212) 269-5550 (collect) or (888) 886-4425 (toll-free).

This press release, the Consent Solicitation Statement and related Consent Form shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any Notes or other securities. The consent solicitations are being made only by, and pursuant to the terms of, the solicitation documents. No recommendation is made, or has been authorized to be made, as to whether or not holders of Notes should consent to the adoption of the proposed amendments to the consent solicitations. Each holder of Notes must make its own decision as to whether to give its consent to the proposed amendments.

FCX is a premier U.S.-based natural resources company with an industry-leading global portfolio of mineral assets. FCX is the world's largest publicly traded copper producer.

FCX's portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia, one of the world's largest copper and gold deposits; significant mining operations in the Americas, including the large-scale Morenci minerals district in North America and the Cerro Verde operation in South America. Additional information about FCX is available on FCX's website at "fcx.com."

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements, which are all statements other than statements of historical facts, such as expectations related to completion of the consent solicitations to amend the indenture governing the Notes. The words Gǣanticipates,Gǥ Gǣmay,Gǥ Gǣcan,Gǥ Gǣplans,Gǥ Gǣbelieves,Gǥ Gǣestimates,Gǥ Gǣexpects,Gǥ Gǣprojects,Gǥ Gǣtargets,Gǥ Gǣintends,Gǥ Gǣlikely,Gǥ Gǣwill,Gǥ Gǣshould,Gǥ Gǣto be,Gǥ Gǥpotential" and any similar expressions are intended to identify those assertions as forward-looking statements. FCX cautions readers that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated, projected or assumed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that can cause FCXG

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