EXHIBIT 4.5

THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"). SUCH SECURITIES MAY
NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS
IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT
WHICH, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF AN EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT,
IS CONFIRMED IN A LEGAL OPINION SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY.

                       STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT 97FA-000
               To Purchase _________ Shares of Common Stock of

                             SGI INTERNATIONAL

THIS CERTIFIES that, for value received, _______ (the "Investor"), is entitled,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time
on or after ten days after the date hereof and on or prior to November 6, 2002
(the "Termination Date") but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from
SGI INTERNATIONAL, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), _________ (______)
shares of Common Stock (the "Warrant Shares").  The purchase price of one share
of Common Stock (the "Exercise Price") under this Warrant shall be One Hundred
Ten (110%) percent of the average closing bid price on the OTC BULLETIN BOARD,
over the five (5) day trading period prior to November 6, 1997 (the "Closing
Date").  The Exercise Price and the number of shares for which the Warrant is
exercisable shall be subject to adjustment as provided herein.  This Warrant is
being issued in connection with the 8% Convertible Preferred Stock Agreement
dated on or about November 6, 1997, between the Company and Investor and is
subject to its terms.  In the event of any conflict between the terms of this
Warrant and the Agreement, the Agreement shall control.

1.  Title of Warrant.  Prior to the expiration hereof and subject to compliance
with applicable laws, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable,
in whole or in part, at the office or agency of the Company by the holder
hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant
together with the Assignment Form annexed hereto properly endorsed.

2.  Authorization of Shares.  The Company covenants that all shares of Common
Stock which may be issued upon the exercise of rights represented by this
Warrant will, upon exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant, be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all
taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in
respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

3.  Exercise of Warrant.  Exercise of the purchase rights
represented by this Warrant may be made at any time or times one day after the
date hereof, in whole or in part, before the close of business on the
Termination Date, or such earlier date on which this Warrant may terminate as
provided in paragraph 12 below, by the surrender of this Warrant and the
Subscription Form annexed hereto duly executed, at the office of the Company
(or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in
writing to the registered holder hereof at the address of such holder appearing
on the books of the Company) and upon payment of the Exercise Price of the
shares thereby purchased; whereupon the holder of this Warrant shall be
entitled to receive a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock so
purchased.  Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be delivered to
the holder hereof within five business days after the date on which this
Warrant shall have been exercised as aforesaid.  Payment of the Exercise Price
of the shares may be by certified check or cashier's check or by wire transfer
to an account designated by the Company in an amount equal to the Exercise
Price multiplied by the number of shares being purchased.

4.  No Fractional Shares or Scrip.  No fractional shares or scrip representing
fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant.

5.  Charges, Taxes and Expenses.  Issuance of certificates for shares of Common
Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the
holder hereof for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in
respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses
shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in
the name of the holder of this Warrant or in such name or names as may be
directed by the holder of this Warrant; provided, however, that in the event
certificates for shares of Common Stock are to be issued in a name other than
the name of the holder of this Warrant, this Warrant when surrendered for
exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly
executed by the holder hereof; and provided further, that upon any transfer
involved in the issuance or delivery of any certificates for shares of Common
Stock, the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum
sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.

6.  Restrictions on Transfer.

(a) This Warrant and any Warrant Shares may not be sold, transferred, pledged,
hypothecated or otherwise disposed of except as follows: (i) to a person who,
in the opinion of counsel to the Company, is a person to whom this Warrant or
the Warrant Shares may legally be transferred without registration and without
the delivery of a current prospectus under the Act with respect thereto, and
then only against receipt of an agreement of such person to comply with the
provisions of this Section 6(a) with respect to any resale or other disposition
of such securities; or (ii) to any person upon delivery of a prospectus then
meeting the requirements of the Act relating to such securities and the
offering thereof for such sale or disposition, and thereafter to all successive
assignees.

(b)  Unless the Warrant Shares have been registered under the
Act, upon exercise of any of the Warrant and the issuance of any of the Warrant
Shares, all certificates representing Warrant Shares shall bear on the face
thereof substantially the following legend:

"THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT").  SUCH
SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR
TO U.S. PERSONS IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM
UNDER SAID ACT WHICH, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF AN EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO RULE 144
UNDER SAID ACT, IS CONFIRMED IN A LEGAL OPINION SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY."

The holder of the Warrant agrees and acknowledges that the Warrant is being
purchased for the holder's own account, for investment purposes only, and not
for the account of any other person, and not with a view to distribution,
assignment, pledge or resale to others or to fractionalization in whole or in
part.  The holder further represents, warrants and agrees as follows:
no other person has or will have a direct or indirect beneficial interest in
this Warrant and the holder will not sell, hypothecate or otherwise transfer
the Warrant except in accordance with the Act thereunder and applicable state
securities laws or unless, in the opinion of counsel for the holder acceptable
to the Company, an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act and
such laws is available.

7.  Closing of Books.  The Company will at no time close its shareholder books
or records in any manner which interferes with the timely exercise of this
Warrant.

8.  No Rights as Shareholder until Exercise.  This Warrant does
not entitle the holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a
shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise thereof.  If, however, at the
time of the surrender of this Warrant and purchase the holder hereof shall be
entitled to exercise this Warrant, the shares so purchased shall be and be
deemed to be issued to such holder as the record owner of such shares as of the
close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been exercised.

9.  Assignment and Transfer of Warrant.  This Warrant may be assigned by the
surrender of this Warrant and the Assignment Form annexed hereto duly executed
at the office of the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as
it may designate by notice in writing to the registered holder hereof at the
address of such holder appearing on the books of the Company); provided,
however, that this Warrant may not be resold or otherwise transferred
except (i) in a transaction registered under the Act, or (ii) in a transaction
pursuant to an exemption, if available, from such registration and whereby, if
requested by the Company, an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Company is obtained by the holder of this Warrant to the effect that the
transaction is so exempt.

10.  Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant.  The Company represents
and warrants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
any Warrant or stock certificate, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of
indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it, and upon reimbursement to
the Company of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender
and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the
Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor
and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of this Warrant or stock
certificate.

11.  Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc.  If the last or appointed day for the
taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein
shall be a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then such action may be taken
or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a legal holiday.

12.  Effect of Certain Events.

(a)  If at any time the Company proposes (i) to sell or otherwise convey all or
substantially all of its assets or (ii) to effect a transaction (by merger or
otherwise) in which more than 50% of the voting power of the Company is
disposed of (collectively, a "Sale or Merger Transaction"), in which the
consideration to be received by the Company or its shareholders
consists solely of cash, the Company shall give the holder of this Warrant
thirty (30) days' notice of the proposed effective date of the transaction
specifying that the Warrant shall terminate if the Warrant has not been
exercised by the effective date of the transaction.

(b)  In case the Company shall at any time effect a Sale or Merger Transaction
in which the consideration to be received by the Company or its shareholders
consists in part of consideration other than cash, the holder of this Warrant
shall have the right thereafter to purchase, by exercise of this Warrant and
payment of the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
action, the kind and amount of shares and other securities and property which
it would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the happening
of such transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior thereto.

(c)  "Piggy-Back" Registration.  The Holder of this Warrant shall have the
right to include all of the shares of Common Stock underlying this Warrant (the
"Registrable Securities") as part of any registration of securities filed by
the Company (other than in connection with a transaction contemplated by Rule
145(a) promulgated under the Act or pursuant to Form S-8) and must be notified
in writing of such filing; provided, however, that the holder of this Warrant
agrees it shall not have any piggy-back registration rights pursuant to this
Section 12(c) if the shares of Common Stock underlying this Warrant are freely
tradable in the United States pursuant to the provisions of Regulation D.
Holder shall have five (5) business days to notify the Company in writing as to
whether the Company is to include Holder or not include Holder as part of the
registration; provided, however, that if any registration pursuant to this
Section shall be underwritten, in whole or in part, the Company may require
that the Registrable Securities requested for inclusion pursuant to this
Section be included in the underwriting on the same terms and conditions as the
securities otherwise being sold through the underwriters.  If in the good
faith judgment of the underwriter evidenced in writing of such offering only a
limited number of Registrable Securities should be included in such offering,
or no such shares should be included, the Holder, and all other selling
stockholders, shall be limited to registering such proportion of their
respective shares as shall equal the proportion that the number of shares of
selling stockholders permitted to be registered by the underwriter in such
offering bears to the total number of all shares then held by all selling
stockholders desiring to participate in such offering.  Those Registrable
Securities which are excluded from an underwritten offering pursuant to the
foregoing provisions of this Section (and all other Registrable Securities held
by the selling stockholders) shall be withheld from the market by the Holders
thereof for a period, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, which the
underwriter may reasonably determine is necessary in order to effect such
underwritten offering.  The Company shall have the right to terminate or
withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 12(c) prior to the
effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Warrant holder elected to
include securities in such registration.  All registration expenses incurred by
the Company in complying with this Section 12(c) shall be paid by the Company,
exclusive of underwriting discounts, commissions and legal fees and expenses
for counsel to the holders of the Warrants.

13.  Adjustments of Exercise Price and Number of Warrant Shares.  The number
and kind of securities purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant and the
Exercise Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the
happening of any of the following.

In case the Company shall (i) declare or pay a dividend in shares of Common
Stock or make a distribution in shares of Common Stock to holders of its
outstanding Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common
Stock, (iii) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
number of shares of Common Stock or (iv) issue any shares of its capital stock
in a reclassification of the Common Stock, the number of Warrant Shares
purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior thereto shall be
adjusted so that the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to receive the
kind and number of Warrant Shares or other securities of the Company which he
would have owned or have been entitled to receive had such Warrant been
exercised in advance thereof.  An adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph
shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such event
retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event.

14.  Voluntary Adjustment by the Company.  The Company may at its discretion,
at any time during the term of this Warrant, reduce the then current Exercise
Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board
of Directors of the Company.

15.  Notice of Adjustment.  Whenever the number of Warrant shares or number or
kind of securities or other property purchasable upon the exercise of this
Warrant or the Exercise Price is adjusted, as herein provided, the Company
shall promptly mail by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
to the holder of this Warrant notice of such adjustment or adjustments setting
forth the number of Warrant Shares (and other securities or property)
purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant and the Exercise Price
of such Warrant Shares after such adjustment, setting forth a brief statement
of the facts requiring such adjustment and setting forth computation by which
such adjustment was made.  Such notice, in absence of manifest error, shall be
conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment.

16.  Authorized Shares.  The Company covenants that during the period the
Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common
Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of Common Stock
upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant.  The Company
further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full
authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock
certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for shares of the
Company's Common Stock upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this
Warrant.  The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary
to assure that such shares of Common Stock may be issued as provided herein
without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements
of the NASDAQ National Market System or any domestic securities exchange upon
which the Common Stock may be listed.

17.  Miscellaneous.

(a)  Issue Date; Jurisdiction.  The provisions of this Warrant shall be
construed and shall be given effect in all respects as if it had been issued
and delivered by the Company on the date hereof.  This Warrant shall be binding
upon any successors or assigns of the Company.  This Warrant shall constitute a
contract under the laws and jurisdictions of New York and for all purposes
shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of said
state without regard to its conflict of law, principles or rules.

(b)  Restrictions.  The holder hereof acknowledges that the Common Stock
acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, may
have restrictions upon its resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

(c)  Modification and Waiver.  This Warrant and any provisions hereof may
be changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in
writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the same is sought.

(d)  Notices.  Any notice, request or other document required or permitted
to be given or delivered to the holders hereof of the Company shall be
delivered or shall be sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, to
each such holder at its address as shown on the books of the Company or to the
Company at the address set forth in the Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its
officers thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: October ___, 1997                     SGI INTERNATIONAL


                                             By:__________________________
                                             Title:_______________________



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                       NOTICE OF EXERCISE

To: SGI INTERNATIONAL

(1)  The undersigned hereby elects to purchase shares of Common
Stock of SGI INTERNATIONAL pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and
tenders herewith payment of the purchase price in full, together with all
applicable transfer taxes, if any.

(2)  By signing below, the undersigned hereby certifies that it
is not a U.S. Person as defined in Section 3.1 of the 8% Convertible Preferred
Stock Subscription Agreement, and that this Warrant is not being exercised on
behalf of a U.S. Person.  In lieu of this certification, the undersigned has
attached hereto an opinion of its United States counsel, acceptable to the
Company, stating that the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of
this Warrant have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"),
or that an exemption from registration under the Act is available for such
shares of Common Stock.

(3)  Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said shares
of Common Stock in the name of the undersigned or in such other name
as is specified below:


          _________________________________________
          (Name)


          _________________________________________
          (Address)

          _________________________________________


Dated:


                                        ______________________________________

                                        Signature

NOTE: Signature must conform in all respects to holder's name as specified
on the face of the attached warrant.



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                            ASSIGNMENT FORM

              (To assign the foregoing warrant, execute
              this form and supply required information.
              Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are
hereby assigned to

__________________________________________________________ whose address is

____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________


                                                 Dated: ______________, 1997

                           Holder's Signature: _____________________________

                           Holder's Address: _______________________________

                                             _______________________________


Signature Guaranteed: __________________________

NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it
appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company.  Officers
of corporations and those acting in an fiduciary or other representative
capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing
Warrant.