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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23



The Board of Directors
FMC Gold Company:

We consent to incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No. 33-35804 
and Registration Statement No. 33-35805 on Forms S-3 of FMC Gold Company and 
consolidated subsidiaries of our report dated January 23, 1995, relating to the 
consolidated balance sheets of FMC Gold Company and consolidated subsidiaries as
of December 31, 1994 and 1993, and the related consolidated statements of 
income, cash flows, and changes in stockholders' equity for each of the years in
the three-year period ended December 31, 1994, which report is incorporated by 
reference in the December 31, 1994 annual report on Form 10-K of FMC Gold 
Company and consolidated subsidiaries.


                                                           KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Salt Lake City, Utah
March 27, 1995