New Issue-Freeport-McMoRan Copper Gold sold $3 bln

Feb 9 (Reuters) - Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc
on Wednesday sold $3 billion of three-part senior
unsecured notes, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters service.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan were the joint
bookrunning managers for the sale.

BORROWER: FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC

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