Electrifying the Future
ELECTRIFYING THE FUTURE
Advancing New Leach Technologies
Taking Leach to the Next Level
• Industry leader with long history of leach production
Internal and external initiatives to advance sulfide
leaching technologies and to drive continuous
recovery improvement
• Data analytics providing new insights to drive
additional value
⚫ Focused on traditional ores and ores that have been
typically considered difficult to leach, like.
chalcopyrite
Leveraging both R&D and in-field trials at existing
leach stockpiles and future opportunities to recover
copper from below mill cut-off grade material
Success would enable utilization of latent tank house
capacity with limited capital investment
• Low carbon footprint
See Cautionary Statement.
FREEPORT
FOREMOST IN COPPER
Copper in Leach Stockpiles
Unrecoverable by
Traditional Leach Methods
38 bn lbs Contained*
South
America
16%
Other
North America
34%
Morenci
50%
*Copper from historical placements beyond
assumed recovery estimates and is not included
in mineral reserves and mineral resources.
8View entire presentation