Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. and Plains Exploration & Production Company Set Special Meeting Date and Stockholder Election Deadline

PHOENIX & HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) and Plains Exploration & Production Company (NYSE: PXP) today announced that PXP will hold a special meeting of its stockholders on May 20, 2013, to vote on the proposed acquisition of PXP by FCX. Stockholders who held shares of PXP common stock at the close of business on March 21, 2013, the record date of special meeting, will be entitled to vote on the proposed merger.