EXHIBIT 23



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS




We consent to the  incorporation  by  reference  in the  following  Registration
Statements of Homestake  Mining Company:  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 3 to No.
2-90905 on Form S-8  (originally  filed on Form S-3); No.  33-26049 on Form S-8;
No. 2-66538 on Form S-8; Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to No. 33-48526 on Form
S-8 (originally  files on Form S-4); No. 333-17357 on Form S-8; No. 333-17359 on
Form S-8; No. 333-24711 on Form S-3; and No. 333-66311 on Form S-3 of our report
dated February 1, 1998,  appearing on Form 10-K of Homestake  Mining Company for
the year ended December 31, 1998.





/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP






San Francisco, California
March 16, 1999