Exhibit 4.03


DEAN  HELLER                CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT           FILED # C13905-96
Secretary of State        (PURSUANT TO NRS 78.385 AND                  ---------
                                     78.390)                   Office Use Only:
202 North Carson Street                                        MAR 2 0 2002
Carson City, Nevada 89701-4201                              [Seal of Dean Heller
(775) 684 5708                                               Secretary of State]

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          Important: Read attached instructions before completing form.
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              CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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                         FOR NEVADA PROFIT CORPORATIONS
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          (PURSUANT TO NRS 78.385 AND 78.390 - AFTER ISSUANCE OF STOCK)
                             - REMIT IN DUPLICATE -


1.  Name of corporation:         NanoPierce  Technologies,  Inc.
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2.  The  articles  have  been  amended  as  follows (provide article numbers, if
available):

     Article  IV  Capital  Stock  -  (A)  The  aggregate  number  of
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     common  shares  which  this  Corporation  shall  have  the  authority
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     to  issue  is:  200,000,000,  $0.0001  par  value  shares,  which  shares
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     shall  be  designated  "Common  Stock".
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3.  The  vote  by  which  the  stockholders  holding  shares  in the corporation
entitling  them  to  exercise  at  least a majority of the voting power, or such
greater  proportion of the voting power as may be required in the case of a vote
by classes or series, or as may be required by the provisions of the articles of
incorporation  have  voted  in  favor  of  the  amendment  is:  28,080,125  .*

4.  Officer Signature (Required):

/s/  Paul H. Metzinger                      /s/  Kristi J. Kampmann
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Paul H. Metzinger, CEO & President          Kristi J. Kampmann, Secretary
*If  any proposed amendment would alter or change any preference or any relative
or  other  right  given  to  any class or series of outstanding shares, then the
amendment  must  be  approved  by  the vote, in addition to the affirmative vote
otherwise  required,  of  the  holders  of shares representing a majority of the
voting  power  of  each  class or series affected by the amendment regardless of
limitations  or  restrictions  on  the  voting  power  thereof.

IMPORTANT:  Failure to include any of the above information and remit the proper
fees  may  cause  this  filing  to  be  rejected.

                  Nevada Secretary of State Form 72.385 PROFIT AMENDMENT 1999.01
                                                            Revised on: 07/21/01



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                         CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE IN NUMBER
                                       OF
                      AUTHORIZED SHARES OF CLASS AND SERIES

Pursuant  to  the provisions of Section 78.207 of the Nevada General Corporation
Law,  Nanopierce  Technologies, Inc., the Undersigned Corporation certifies that
the  following Resolutions were adapted and authorized by its Board of Directors
on  March  18,  2002:

     (a)     The  current number of authorized shares and the par value, if any,
of  each  class  and  series, if any, of shares before the change is as follows:

                                     Authorized
                        Class     Number of Shares  Par Value
                       ---------  ----------------  ----------

                       Common          100,000,000  $   0.0001
                       Preferred         5,000,000  $   0.0001

     (b)     The  number of authorized shares and the par value, if any, of each
class and series, if any, of shares after the change is as follows:

                                     Authorized
                        Class     Number of Shares  Par Value
                       ---------  ----------------  ----------

                       Common          200,000,000     $0.0001
                       Preferred         5,000,000     $0.0001

     (c)     The  number of shares of each affected class and series, if any, to
be  issued  after the change in exchange for each issued share of the same class
or  series,  is  as  follows:

                                      NONE

     (d)     The  provisions,  if any, for the issuance of fractional shares, or
for  the  payment  of  money  or the issuance of scrip to stockholders otherwise
entitled  to  a  fraction  of  a  share and the percentage of outstanding shares
affected  thereby,  is  as  follows:

                                      NONE

     (e)     That  any required approval of the stock holders has been obtained:

               28,080,125  shares  were  voted  in  approval  of  the  Change,
               representing  a  majority  of  the  55,737,398  shares issued and
               outstanding.

     (f)     The  Change  shall  be  effective  upon  filing  the  certificate.


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The undersigned officers hereby verify that these Resolutions have been properly
adopted  by the Undersigned Corporation and that the statements contained herein
are  true.

Dated:  March 18, 2002
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                                         NANOPIERCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                                         By:  /s/  Paul  H.  Metzinger
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                                                   Paul H. Metzinger, President

                                         By:  /s/  Kristi  J.  Kampmann
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                                                   Kristi J. Kampmann, Secretary

STATE  OF  COLORADO    }
                       }  ss.
COUNTY  OF  DENVER     }

I,  Barbara  W.  Kanslick, a Notary Public, hereby certify that on March   18th,
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2002,  personally  appeared  before  me,  both  Paul  H. Metzinger and Kristi J.
Kampmann, being the President and the Secretary of Nanopierce Technologies, Inc.
respectively,  and  who  being by me first duly sworn declared that they are the
persons  who  signed the foregoing and that the statements therein contained are
true.

     IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  I  have  hereunto  set  my hand and seal on the date
hereinbefore  mentioned,

                         My Commission Expires 03/22/03
My  commission  expires:
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(S E A L)

       /s/  Barbara W. Kanslick
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                      Notary  Public


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