Exhibit No. 24



                     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We consent  to the incorporation  by reference in  Post-Effective Amendment
No. 5 to Registration Statement No. 2-90903 on Form S-8 of Homestake Mining
Company of our report dated April 14,  1994, on our audit of the  financial
statements of the  Homestake Mining Company Savings Plan as  of and for the
year  ended December  31, 1993,  which  report is  included in  this Annual
Report on Form 11-K.



/s/ Coopers & Lybrand
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COOPERS & LYBRAND



Oakland, California
June 15, 1994