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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1
                                                                    PAGE 1 OF 7



                                        


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


           KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer or
director or both, of Global Natural Resources Inc., a New Jersey corporation
(the "Company") does hereby constitute and appoint Robert F. Vagt and Eric Lynn
Hill their true and lawful attorneys and agents (each with authority to act
alone), with power and authority to sign for and on behalf of the undersigned
the name of the undersigned as officer or director or both, of the Company to
the Company's Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form
10-K for the fiscal year of the Company ending December 31, 1995 or to any
amendments thereto filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to
any instrument or document filed as part of, as an exhibit to or in connection
with said Report or amendments; and the undersigned does hereby ratify and
confirm as his own act and deed all that said attorney and agent shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents
this 12th  day of March, 1996.





                                        /s/ William L. Bennett
                                        -----------------------------------
                                        WILLIAM L. BENNETT





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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1
                                                                    PAGE 2 OF 7





                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


           KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer or
director or both, of Global Natural Resources Inc., a New Jersey corporation
(the "Company") does hereby constitute and appoint Robert F. Vagt and Eric Lynn
Hill their true and lawful attorneys and agents (each with authority to act
alone), with power and authority to sign for and on behalf of the undersigned
the name of the undersigned as officer or director or both, of the Company to
the Company's Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form
10-K for the fiscal year of the Company ending December 31, 1995 or to any
amendments thereto filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to
any instrument or document filed as part of, as an exhibit to or in connection
with said Report or amendments; and the undersigned does hereby ratify and
confirm as his own act and deed all that said attorney and agent shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents
this 12th day of March, 1996.




                                        /s/ John A. Brock
                                        -----------------------------------
                                        JOHN A. BROCK





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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1
                                                                    PAGE 3 OF 7





                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


           KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer or
director or both, of Global Natural Resources Inc., a New Jersey corporation
(the "Company") does hereby constitute and appoint Robert F. Vagt and Eric Lynn
Hill their true and lawful attorneys and agents (each with authority to act
alone), with power and authority to sign for and on behalf of the undersigned
the name of the undersigned as officer or director or both, of the Company to
the Company's Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form
10-K for the fiscal year of the Company ending December 31, 1995 or to any
amendments thereto filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to
any instrument or document filed as part of, as an exhibit to or in connection
with said Report or amendments; and the undersigned does hereby ratify and
confirm as his own act and deed all that said attorney and agent shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents
this 12th  day of March, 1996.





                                        /s/ Paul E. Carlton           
                                        -----------------------------------
                                        PAUL E. CARLTON





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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1
                                                                    PAGE 4 OF 7





                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


           KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer or
director or both, of Global Natural Resources Inc., a New Jersey corporation
(the "Company") does hereby constitute and appoint Robert F. Vagt and Eric Lynn
Hill their true and lawful attorneys and agents (each with authority to act
alone), with power and authority to sign for and on behalf of the undersigned
the name of the undersigned as officer or director or both, of the Company to
the Company's Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form
10-K for the fiscal year of the Company ending December 31, 1995 or to any
amendments thereto filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to
any instrument or document filed as part of, as an exhibit to or in connection
with said Report or amendments; and the undersigned does hereby ratify and
confirm as his own act and deed all that said attorney and agent shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents
this 18th  day of March, 1996.





                                        /s/ Patrick L. Macdougall     
                                        -----------------------------------
                                        PATRICK L. MACDOUGALL





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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1
                                                                    PAGE 5 OF 7





                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


           KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer or
director or both, of Global Natural Resources Inc., a New Jersey corporation
(the "Company") does hereby constitute and appoint Robert F. Vagt and Eric Lynn
Hill their true and lawful attorneys and agents (each with authority to act
alone), with power and authority to sign for and on behalf of the undersigned
the name of the undersigned as officer or director or both, of the Company to
the Company's Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form
10-K for the fiscal year of the Company ending December 31, 1995 or to any
amendments thereto filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to
any instrument or document filed as part of, as an exhibit to or in connection
with said Report or amendments; and the undersigned does hereby ratify and
confirm as his own act and deed all that said attorney and agent shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents
this 12th  day of March, 1996.





                                        /s/ James G. Niven            
                                        -----------------------------------
                                        JAMES G. NIVEN





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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1
                                                                    PAGE 6 OF 7





                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


           KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer or
director or both, of Global Natural Resources Inc., a New Jersey corporation
(the "Company") does hereby constitute and appoint Robert F. Vagt and Eric Lynn
Hill their true and lawful attorneys and agents (each with authority to act
alone), with power and authority to sign for and on behalf of the undersigned
the name of the undersigned as officer or director or both, of the Company to
the Company's Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form
10-K/A-1 for the fiscal year of the Company ending December 31, 1994 or to any
amendments thereto filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to
any instrument or document filed as part of, as an exhibit to or in connection
with said Report or amendments; and the undersigned does hereby ratify and
confirm as his own act and deed all that said attorney and agent shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents
this 12th day of March, 1996.





                                        /s/ Sidney R. Petersen        
                                        -----------------------------------
                                        SIDNEY R. PETERSEN





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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1
                                                                    PAGE 7 OF 7





                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


           KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer or
director or both, of Global Natural Resources Inc., a New Jersey corporation
(the "Company") does hereby constitute and appoint Robert F. Vagt and Eric Lynn
Hill their true and lawful attorneys and agents (each with authority to act
alone), with power and authority to sign for and on behalf of the undersigned
the name of the undersigned as officer or director or both, of the Company to
the Company's Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form
10-K for the fiscal year of the Company ending December 31, 1995 or to any
amendments thereto filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to
any instrument or document filed as part of, as an exhibit to or in connection
with said Report or amendments; and the undersigned does hereby ratify and
confirm as his own act and deed all that said attorney and agent shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents
this 12th  day of March, 1996.





                                        /s/ Linda F. Sjoman
                                        -----------------------------------
                                        LINDA F. SJOMAN