Exhibit 23.5

              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


Board of Directors
  Gilman Investment Company


We have issued our report dated April 15, 1999, except Notes A-2 and J, as to
which the date is December 9, 1999, and Notes J-1, as to which the date is July
31, 2000, accompanying the combined statements of net assets of the Gilman Pulp
and Paper Group as of December 31, 1997 and 1998, and the related combined
statements of revenue and expenses, changes in net assets and cash flows for the
years then ended. We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement of Durango Corporation on Form F-4 of the aforementioned
reports, and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption "Experts."


/s/ Grant Thornton LLP
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GRANT THORNTON LLP


New York, New York
July 26, 2001