$1.2B bet on a dry hole along Louisiana coast led to ‘Jim Bob’ Moffett’s fallout at Freeport

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    Freeport-McMoRan Inc. co-founder James “Jim Bob” Moffett’s last big gamble as head of the world’s largest copper miner was a $1.2 billion wrong-way bet six miles beneath the Louisiana coastlin…


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