Exhibit 24.2
                                                                                
    
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS     
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We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to the
use of our report dated November 6, 1996 except as to information presented in
Notes 1 and 5, for which the date is November 30, 1996, in Amendment No. 1 to
the Registration Statement (Form F-4, Registration No. 333-19013) and related
combined Prospectus/Proxy Statement of Alliance Resources Plc and LaTex
Resources, Inc. for the registration of 23,606,420 shares of Alliance Resources
Plc ordinary shares and 1,974,525 Alliance Resources Plc Warrants.     


    
                                               BRISCOE & BURKE
                                         Certified Public Accountants     


    
February 17, 1996
Tulsa, Oklahoma