Freeport Minerals Corporation

Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas · Primarily AZ · PERM filings 2019–2025

#1,374 top sponsor

Overview

Freeport Minerals Corporation is a Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas employer that has filed 57 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2025. That places it #1,374 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 39 were certified (68.4% approval rate), taking about 391 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers, with most worksites in AZ, and the median sponsored wage is $107,349.

57

PERM filings

68.4%

approval

0

denied

$107,349

median wage

391d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 21 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is CANADA (33%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • Canada7
  • India6
  • Mexico4
  • Peru2
  • South Korea1
  • Colombia1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B17
  • L-12
  • TN1

Education

  • Master's11
  • Bachelor's6
  • Doctorate4

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Freeport Minerals Corporation most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers 16 $106,437
Materials Engineers 8 $108,046
Civil Engineers 4 $102,173
Industrial Engineers 3 $108,214
Architectural and Engineering Managers 3 $146,586
Statisticians 2 $86,150
Mechanical Engineers 2 $107,500
Electrical Engineers 2 $104,562
Project Management Specialists 2 $113,050
Mechatronics Engineers 2 $109,548

Common job titles

Geomechanical Engineer II 4 Chief Metallurgist 3 Mine Engineer II 3 Senior Engineer 2 Senior Metallurgist 2 Chief Geotechnical Engineer 2 Metallurgist II 2 Senior Mine Engineer 2 Reliability Engineer II 2 Sr Metallurgist 1 Data Science Analyst I 1 Manager Geomechanical Engineering 1

Worksite states

AZ 54 CO 2 TX 1

Wage range

$91,800

25th

$107,349

median

$120,000

75th

$130,000

90th

Law firms used

  • Corporate Immigration Partners, LLP28
  • Corporate Immigration Partners, P.C.26
  • Pearl Law Group3

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-21105-74802 Innovation Engineer IICertified - Expired Morenci, AZ Apr 5, 2024
A-23048-03366 Senior EngineerCertified - Expired Morenci, AZ Mar 29, 2024
A-22206-94493 Senior MetallurgistCertified - Expired Claypool, AZ Nov 14, 2023
A-22215-99402 Geomechanical Engineer IICertified - Expired Phoenix, AZ Jul 25, 2023
A-22145-60960 Chief MetallurgistCertified - Expired Safford, AZ Jun 8, 2023
A-22221-02634 Civil Engineer IICertified - Expired Phoenix, AZ Jun 6, 2023
A-22215-99806 Senior Reliability EngineerCertified - Expired Phoenix, AZ May 23, 2023
A-22214-98768 Field Engineer II - PowerCertified - Expired Phoenix, AZ May 23, 2023
A-22153-65426 Manager MetallurgyCertified - Expired Phoenix, AZ Mar 28, 2023
A-22145-61173 Manager Mineral ProcessingCertified - Expired Tucson, AZ Mar 6, 2023
A-22006-94721 Manager Global Maintenance - ElectricalCertified - Expired Phoenix, AZ Nov 15, 2022
A-21315-71905 Chief ChemistCertified - Expired Safford, AZ Jun 9, 2022
A-21117-79050 Chief Engineer - PlanningCertified - Expired Phoenix, AZ Aug 30, 2021
A-21022-44872 Senior Mine EngineerCertified - Expired Tucson, AZ Jul 16, 2021
A-19212-38232 Chief MetallurgistCertified - Expired Phoenix, AZ Mar 23, 2021
A-19290-72137 Reclamation Engineer IICertified - Expired Oro Valley, AZ Apr 8, 2020
A-19206-35763 Senior Environmental EngineerCertified - Expired Oro Valley, AZ Nov 25, 2019

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.