To download a PDF of the release, please visit the following link: Freeport-McMoRan Announces Appointment of Two Independent Members to its Board of Directors

Marcela E. Donadio

Sara Grootwassink Lewis

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX) announced today the appointment of Marcela E. Donadio and Sara Grootwassink Lewis to its Board of Directors.

Ms. Donadio retired as a partner of Ernst & Young LLP, a multinational professional services firm, in 2014. From 2007 until her retirement in 2014, she served as Americas Oil & Gas Sector Leader for Ernst & Young, with responsibility for one of the firm’s significant industry groups. She advised the firm’s oil and gas industry clients in the United States and throughout the Americas on business strategies and financial matters. Ms. Donadio served as audit partner for multiple companies with domestic and international operations in the natural resources sector and held various energy industry leadership positions during her career. She serves as Lead Independent Director of Marathon Oil Corporation and as a director of NOV, Inc. and Norfolk Southern Corporation. Ms. Donadio has dual United States and Panamanian citizenship, holds a B.S. in Accounting from Louisiana State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Ms. Lewis founded Lewis Corporate Advisors, a capital markets and board advisory firm, in 2009, where she served as chief executive officer until 2018. Ms. Lewis has significant executive, corporate finance and capital markets experience, and served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Washington Real Estate Investment Trust. She has served on several public company boards, including Sun Life Financial, a global insurance and asset management firm, where she Chaired its Audit Committee. She currently serves as a director and Chair of the Audit Committee of The Weyerhaeuser Company, director and Chair of the Compensation and Human Capital Committee of Healthpeak Properties, Inc., and as director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Everside Health Group, Inc. Ms. Lewis serves on the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees of the Brookings Institution, the Leadership Board for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, and the Center for Audit Quality’s Audit Committee Council. She is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors. Ms. Lewis is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst. She holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

By Roger Lanse

On Monday, Aug. 1, 2021, a Silver City Police Department officer conducted a traffic stop on a black SUV near Bullard and Market streets. According to a SCPD news release, the driver of the vehicle began shooting at the officer/fled the scene, and a pursuit was initiated.

The black SUV traveled south on Highway 90, passing Truck Bypass and Calvary Chapel, heading toward Lordsburg, all the while continuing to fire multiple rounds at officers.

The pursuit ended, the release said, near MM 4 of Highway 90 (4 miles north of Highway 70), where the suspect, Ruben James De La O, 36, surrendered to officers and was taken into custody. De La O was wanted out of Colorado for violating terms of his parole.

NM 90 and US 70 are now open, removed from NM Roads, as of early this morning.

ROAD ADVISORY

NM 90 is closed from Tyrone milepost 37 to Lordsburg, US 70 will also be affect from milepost 27 to 29 due to police activity. Law enforcement is on scene, motorists are asked to reduce speed, obey posted signs, and watch for emergency personnel, use extreme caution. Please expect delays, seek an alternate route.

[Editor’s Note: This is the first of a multi-part series of articles on the special meeting on July 27, 2021 and talks about the fiscal year 2022 budget.]

By Mary Alice Murphy

This Grant County Commission special meeting took place on July 27, 2021, specifically to approve a resolution on the fiscal year 2022 budget.

The commissioners already hashed out their various opinions on the budget in prior meetings. This one was no different. District 5 Commissioner Harry Browne made a motion to approve the final budget for fiscal year 2022 “for discussion purposes.”

District 2 Commissioner Javier “Harvey” Salas seconded it.

Grant County Financial Officer Linda Vasquez said it had not changed since the preliminary budget except for a transfer out of the General Fund for debt service. “The budget includes a 3 percent salary increase and an 8 percent increase for half a year for health insurance.”

Removed from NM Roads, Patrol has cleared roadway.

ROAD ADVISORY

Difficult Driving Conditions in Glenwood
Cliff Patrol has reported NM 174 with low water crossing flooded and debris. Please drive with caution, reduce speed and obey all posted traffic signs. The NMDOT is out monitoring roadways. This event will be updated as conditions change.

The Silver Schools Board held its meeting July 19, 2021.