23.2
[LETTERHEAD OF PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS]
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February
3, 2000 relating to the financial statements, which appears in
the 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders and which is incorporated
by reference in Homestake Mining Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
August 8, 2000
