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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                                February 27, 1998
                Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)



                      NEVADA MANHATTAN MINING INCORPORATED
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                     NEVADA
                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


               001-12867                             88-0219765
       (Commission File Number)           (IRS Employer Identification No.)

           5038 N. PARKWAY CALABASAS, SUITE #100, CALABASAS, CA    91302
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices)         (Zip Code)

                                 (818) 591-4400
                (Issuer's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)






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Item 5.           Other Events.

         This report is filed  solely to file with the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission (i) the press release issued on February 27, 1998 announcing that the
Company commenced timber operations in Tome-Acu, in the Amazon Basin, within the
same  region as current  operations  in Brazil,  based on  recommendations  from
outside consultants  related to timber production and environmental  management;
and (ii) the press  release  issued on March 11,  1998  announcing  the  Company
executed an agreement with Metsa Timber Ltd.,  granting Metsa  distribution  and
sales  rights  for  the  timber  and  timber-related  products  produced  in the
Company's  Brazilian  timber  operations.  Metsa will  provide the Company  with
management and development assistance in the Company's Brazilian operations.


Item 7.           Financial Statements and Exhibits

         (c)

         Exhibit Number                                            Reference

         (99)     Additional Exhibits

         Press Release dated February 27, 1998                     Exhibit 99.1
         Press Release dated March 11, 1998                        Exhibit 99.2



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                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                  NEVADA MANHATTAN MINING, INCORPORATED
                                  (Registrant)


Date:   March 12, 1998            BY:       /s/ Jeffrey S. Kramer
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                                     JEFFREY S. KRAMER
                                     CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT NO.                       DESCRIPTION
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  99.1              Press Release dated February 27, 1998
  99.2              Press Release dated March 11, 1998