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FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL
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OMB Number: 3235-0104
Expires: December 31, 2001
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
KAPLAN THOMAS SCOTT
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
154 WEST 18TH STREET APT. 8C
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(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10011
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
9/25/00
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if any entity (voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TREND MINING COMPANY - "TRDM"
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director
[X] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below)
[ ] Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check applicable line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED)
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TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
COMMON STOCK 7,307,588 I SEE NOTE 1
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED
IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY
VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
(OVER)
SEC 1473 (3-99)
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED)
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TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of
Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security sion or ship Indirect
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Form of Beneficial
Date Price of Deriv- Ownership
(Month/Day/Year) Deriv- ative (Instr. 5)
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Amount Security Direct
Date Expira- Title or (D) or
Exer- tion Number Indirect
cisable Date of (I)
Shares (Instr. 5)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Warrants to purchase
common stock 6/9/00 9/20/03 Common Stock 7,479,761 $0.40 I SEE NOTE 2
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Mr. Kaplan has voting and dispositive control with respect to 1,000,000
shares owned by Tigris Financial Group Ltd. of which he is the sole
stockholder. Also, pursuant to a voting trust agreement, he has voting and
dispositive control with respect to 6,307,588 shares owned by Electrum LLC.
(2) Pursuant to a voting trust agreement, Mr. Kaplan has voting and dispositive
control with respect to warrants to purchase 7,479,761 shares of common
stock owned by Electrum LLC.
/s/ Thomas Kaplan Sept. 25, 2000
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** Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
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