AMENDMENT TO
                            SPLIT DOLLAR AGREEMENT


          Battle Mountain Gold Company, a Nevada corporation, and

____________________ (the "Executive") hereby amend the Split Dollar

Agreement entered into on January ___, 1995, effective February 9, 1995,

to add Article 16 to read in its entirety:

                                  ARTICLE 16

           Notwithstanding the termination provisions set forth in Article 7,
     this Agreement shall not terminate  as to the Company's obligations
     herein on account of Paragraphs 7(a), 7(d) and 7(f) in the event
     of a Change of Control, as defined below.

           For purposes of this Article 16, a "Change of Control" of the
     Company shall be deemed to have occurred when:

           (a) any "person," including a "group" as determined in accordance
     with Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
     (the "Exchange Act"), is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or
     indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the
     combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities;

           (b)  as a result of, or in connection with, any tender offer or
     exchange offer, merger or  other business combination, sale of assets or
     contested election,  or  any combination of  the  foregoing transactions
     (a "Transaction"), the persons who were directors of the Company before
     the Transaction shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board of
     Directors of the Company or any successor to the Company;

           (c)  the Company is merged or consolidated with another corporation
     and as a result of such merger or consolidation less than 70% of the
     outstanding voting securities of the surviving or resulting corporation
     shall then be owned in the aggregate by the former stockholders of the
     Company, other than (x) any party to such merger or consolidation, or
     (y) any affiliates to any such party;

           (d) a tender offer or exchange offer is made and consummated for
     the ownership of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of
     the combined voting securities; or

           (e)  the Company transfers substantially all of its assets to
     another corporation that is not a wholly-owned corporation of the Company.


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      SIGNED this ____ day of March, 1995, but effective as of February 9,
1995.

                                   BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD COMPANY



                                   By _________________________

ATTEST:


_________________________
Assistant Secretary



                                   ____________________________
                                   Executive


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