Freeport claims the Grasberg mine has the largest recoverable deposits of copper in the world, as well as the largest single gold reserve.

弗里波特声称，格拉斯伯格矿场有世界上最多可开采的铜沉积物，也是最大的单一金矿贮藏量。

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The production of gold from the Grasberg mine alone is expected to rise by 40% higher than the levels seen in 2012.

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Moffett was the founder and chairman of Freeport-McMoRan in 1981, and in 1988 led the company to a giant gold discovery at the Grasberg mine in Indonesia.

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Based in Pheonix, Phelps Dodge has copper mining operations in the U.S., Chile, Peru and Congo, while New Orleans-based Freeport operates the vast open-pit Grasberg gold, copper, and silver mine in Indonesia, and has reserves of about 37 billion pounds of copper and 40 million ounces of gold.

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