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To: PAUL ROBERTSON who wrote (9242)4/24/2000 12:44:00 PM
From: goldsheet  Respond to of 82171
 
> perhaps this has something to do with the amount of copper projects coming on stream

Freeport continues to have a big problem with its dependence on Indonesia. The political risk appears to be heating up again.

As for the new copper projects, they spew out a lot of gold and silver. Rio Tinto is the 6th largest gold producer at 3moz and Freeport is 7th at 2.5moz