POWER OF ATTORNEY

         We the  undersigned  officers and directors of U.S.  Global  Investors,
Inc.  ("Company"),  do hereby severally  constitute and appoint Frank E. Holmes,
Susan B. McGee and David J. Clark,  and each of them acting  singularly,  as our
true and lawful attorneys, with full powers to them and each of them to sign for
us, in our names in the capacities  indicated below, any Amendment to the Annual
Report of the Company on Form 10-K to be filed with the  Securities and Exchange
Commission and to take such further action in respect  thereto as they, in their
sole  discretion,  deem  necessary  to enable  the  Company  to comply  with the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  and all  requirements and
regulations  of the  Securities and Exchange  Commission,  hereby  ratifying and
confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys to any and
all documents related to said amendment to the Annual Report.

         IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  we have  hereunto  set our  hands  on the  dates
indicated below.


        Signature                     Title                        Date
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/s/ Bobby D. Duncan              Director                  September 18, 1998
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Bobby D. Duncan



/s/ Frank E. Holmes              Director                  September 18, 1998
- -----------------------------    Chief Executive Officer
Frank E. Holmes



/s/ Thomas F. Lydon              Director                  September 18, 1998
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Thomas F. Lydon



/s/ J. Stephen Penner            Director                  September 18, 1998
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J. Stephen Penner



/s/ Jerold H. Rubinstein         Director                  September 18, 1998
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Jerold H. Rubinstein



/s/ Roy D. Terracina             Director                  September 18, 1998
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Roy D. Terracina



/s/ Susan B. McGee               President, Secretary      September 18, 1998
- -----------------------------    General Counsel
Susan B. McGee



/s/ David J. Clark               Chief Financial Officer   September 18, 1998
- -----------------------------    Chief Accounting Officer
David J. Clark