FORM 8-A

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FREEPORT-McMoRan COPPER & GOLD INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

         Delaware                                    74-248-0931
(State of Incorporation or organization)           (I.R.S. Employer
                                                  Identification No.)

One East First Street, Reno, Nevada 89501
(Address of principal executive offices)

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(1), please check the following box. [ ]

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is to become effective simultaneously with the effectiveness of a concurrent registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(2), please check the following box. [ ]

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: 

 Title of each class           Name of each exchange on which
 to be so registered           each class is to be registered
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Class B Common Stock, par         New York Stock Exchange
  value $0.10 per share          Australian Stock Exchange

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

NONE

Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.

The information set forth under "Description of Capital Stock Prior to and Following the Merger" in the Registrant's Consent Solicitation Statement, dated as of February 7, 1995 (the "Consent Solicitation Statement"), is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2. Exhibits.

1. Consent Solicitation Statement. Incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's Definitive Additional Materials to the Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 7, 1995.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, on this 29th day of June, 1995.

FREEPORT-McMoRan COPPER & GOLD INC. 

By:        /s/ Charles W. Goodyear
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   Name:       Charles W. Goodyear
   Title:      Senior Vice President and

               Chief Investment Officer