<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
This financial data schedule  contains summary financial  information  extracted
from the consolidatd  financial  statements found in the U.S. Global  Investors,
Inc.  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal  period  ended  December 31,
1999,  and  is  qualified  in  its  entirety  by  reference  to  such  financial
statements.
</LEGEND>

                             
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