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Santa Rita Copper Mine

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The Santa Rita copper mine is one of the oldest mines in North America. The Santa Rita Mine, of Chino Operations, is owned by Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold Inc. Chino produces copper and molybdenum. Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold Inc. is an international mining industry leader based in North America with large, long-lived, geographically diverse assets and significant, proven and probable reserves of copper, gold and molybdenum.
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