EXHIBIT 24

                          BATTLE MOUNTAIN CANADA LTD.

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, BATTLE MOUNTAIN CANADA LTD., a Ontario corporation (the
"Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), a
Registration Statement of Form S-8, with any amendment or amendments and any
supplement or supplements thereto, as prescribed by the Commission pursuant to
the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder,
together with any and all exhibits and other documents relating to such
Registration Statement in connection with the offering by the Company of 519,480
exchangeable shares of the Company and associated exchangeable share purchase
rights, pursuant to options granted pursuant to the Combination Agreement
effective as of March 11, 1996, between Battle Mountain Gold Company and Hemlo
Gold Mines Inc.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the 
Company, does hereby appoint Karl E. Elers, R. Dennis O'Connell and Robert J.
Quinn, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents with power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement
and any and all amendments thereto (including, without limitation,
post-effective amendments and any additional registration statements filed
pursuant to Rule 462 under the Act increasing the amount of securities for which
registration is being sought) and all instruments necessary or incidental in
connection therewith and to file the same with the Commission. Each of such
attorneys-in-fact and agents shall have full power and authority to do and
perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities,
every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as fully
and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such
attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument as of the
21st day of August, 1996.

                                       /s/ IAN D. BAYER
                                           Ian D. Bayer

                          BATTLE MOUNTAIN CANADA LTD.

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, BATTLE MOUNTAIN CANADA LTD., a Ontario corporation (the
"Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), a
Registration Statement of Form S-8, with any amendment or amendments and any
supplement or supplements thereto, as prescribed by the Commission pursuant to
the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder,
together with any and all exhibits and other documents relating to such
Registration Statement in connection with the offering by the Company of 519,480
exchangeable shares of the Company and associated exchangeable share purchase
rights, pursuant to options granted pursuant to the Combination Agreement
effective as of March 11, 1996, between Battle Mountain Gold Company and Hemlo
Gold Mines Inc.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the
Company, does hereby appoint Karl E. Elers, R. Dennis O'Connell and Robert J.
Quinn, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents with power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement
and any and all amendments thereto (including, without limitation,
post-effective amendments and any additional registration statements filed
pursuant to Rule 462 under the Act increasing the amount of securities for which
registration is being sought) and all instruments necessary or incidental in
connection therewith and to file the same with the Commission. Each of such
attorneys-in-fact and agents shall have full power and authority to do and
perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities,
every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as fully
and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such
attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument as of the
26th day of August, 1996.

                                       /s/ JAMES W. MCCUTCHEON, Q.C.
                                           James W. McCutcheon, Q.C.

                          BATTLE MOUNTAIN CANADA LTD.

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, BATTLE MOUNTAIN CANADA LTD., a Ontario corporation (the
"Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), a
Registration Statement of Form S-8, with any amendment or amendments and any
supplement or supplements thereto, as prescribed by the Commission pursuant to
the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder,
together with any and all exhibits and other documents relating to such
Registration Statement in connection with the offering by the Company of 519,480
exchangeable shares of the Company and associated exchangeable share purchase
rights, pursuant to options granted pursuant to the Combination Agreement
effective as of March 11, 1996, between Battle Mountain Gold Company and Hemlo
Gold Mines Inc.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the 
Company, does hereby appoint Karl E. Elers, R. Dennis O'Connell and Robert J.
Quinn, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents with power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement
and any and all amendments thereto (including, without limitation,
post-effective amendments and any additional registration statements filed
pursuant to Rule 462 under the Act increasing the amount of securities for which
registration is being sought) and all instruments necessary or incidental in
connection therewith and to file the same with the Commission. Each of such
attorneys-in-fact and agents shall have full power and authority to do and
perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities,
every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as fully
and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such
attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument as of the
22nd day of August, 1996.

                                       /s/ MARY MOGFORD
                                           Mary Mogford