EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         THIS  EMPLOYMENT  AGREEMENT (the  "Agreement") is made and entered into
effective as of June 22, 1999 (the  "Effective  Date"),  by and between  Dynatec
International,  Inc., a Utah corporation (the "Company"),  and Lloyd M. Taggart,
an  individual  (the  "Employee").  The Company and the Employee  are  sometimes
referred to herein,  collectively,  as the  "parties"  and,  individually,  as a
"party."

                                     RECITAL

         The  Company  desires to  establish  its rights to the  services of the
Employee,  presently  employed  by the  Company in the  capacity  of Senior Vice
President  Sales,  on the terms and  conditions  and  subject  to the  rights of
termination  hereinafter  set forth,  and the Employee is willing to accept such
employment on such terms and conditions.

                                    AGREEMENT

         NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements,  promises and
covenants described herein, and for other good and valuable  consideration,  the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby  acknowledged,  the Employee and the
Company have agreed and do hereby agree as follows:

1.  Employment.  The Company hereby employs the Employee and the Employee hereby
accepts such  employment,  upon the terms and conditions  set forth herein.  The
Company  shall  furnish the Employee  with an office and  secretarial  and other
facilities and services at the Company's headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah as
are reasonably  necessary and  appropriate for the performance of the Employee's
duties  and  responsibilities  hereunder  and  consistent  with  the  Employee's
position as Senior Vice President Sales of the Company.

2. Duties. The Company does hereby employ and engage the Employee as Senior Vice
President Sales of the Company and each of its  subsidiaries  and divisions,  or
such other title as the  Company's  Chief  Executive  Officer shall specify from
time to time,  and the Employee does hereby accept and agree to such  engagement
and  employment.  The  Employee's  duties shall be such executive and managerial
duties and  responsibilities  as the Chief Executive  Officer shall specify from
time to time and as  provided in the Bylaws of the  Company,  as the same may be
amended from time to time. The Employee shall diligently and faithfully  execute
and perform such duties and responsibilities, subject to the general supervision
and control of the Company's  Chief  Executive  Officer.  The Employee  shall be
responsible and report to the Company's Chief Executive  Officer.  The Company's
Chief   Executive   Officer   shall   determine   the   Employee's   duties  and
responsibilities  and may assign or reassign the Employee to such  executive and
managerial  duties,  responsibilities  or positions as such officer deems in the
Company's  best  interest.  The Employee  shall devote his full-time  attention,
energy and skill during normal business hours to the business and affairs of the
Company  and shall  not,  during  the  Employment  Term (as that term is defined
below),  be actively  engaged in any other  business  activity,  except with the
prior written  consent of the Company's Board of Directors;  provided,  however,
that in any event any such  other  business  activity  will not:  (a)  adversely
affect or materially interfere with the performance of the Employee's duties and


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responsibilities  hereunder, (b) involve a conflict of interest with the Company
or (c)  involve  activities  competitive  with  the  business  of  the  Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,  the Employee shall be permitted to (i) engage in
charitable and community  affairs and (ii) make  investments of any character in
any business not in competition  with the Company or any of its  subsidiaries or
divisions  and manage such  investment  (but not be  involved in the  day-to-day
operations of any such  business),  provided,  however,  no such business  shall
place the Employee in a conflict of interest with the Company or interfere  with
the  performance  of the  Employee's  duties  and  responsibilities  under  this
Agreement.

3. Compensation and Benefits. As the entire consideration for the services to be
performed by the Employee hereunder and the duties and responsibilities assigned
to and the obligations  incurred by the Employee  hereunder,  and subject to the
terms and conditions  hereof,  during the Employment Term, the Employee shall be
entitled to the following:


3.1. Base Salary.  Subject to Section 4 below,  during the  Employment  Term the
Company  shall pay the  Employee  an annual  base  salary of One  Hundred  Forty
Thousand  Dollars  ($140,000.00).  The Company will pay the  Employee  said base
salary in equal  semi-monthly  installments  or at more  frequent  intervals  in
accordance with the Company's customary policies and pay schedule.

3.2. Additional Benefits. The Employee shall be entitled to participate,  to the
extent  of his  eligibility,  in  any  employee  benefit  plans  made  generally
available by the Company to its other  senior  management  personnel  during the
Employment Term,  including,  without limitation,  such bonus plans,  pension or
profit  sharing  plans,  incentive  stock option plans,  retirement  plans,  and
health, life,  hospitalization,  dental,  disability or other insurance plans or
programs  as may be in  effect  from  time to  time,  subject,  however,  to any
restrictions  specified  in such plans and to the  discretion  of the  Company's
Board of  Directors  in  making  any  specific  grant  under  such  plans.  Such
participation  shall be in accordance  with the terms  established  from time to
time by the Company for individual participation in any such plans or programs.

3.3. Vacation,  Sick Leave and Holidays.  The Employee shall be entitled to such
amounts of paid vacation and other leave, up to three (3) weeks of paid vacation
per each twelve  (12) month  period of  employment,  as from time to time may be
generally  allowed  to the  Company's  senior  management  personnel,  with such
vacation to be scheduled  and taken in accordance  with the  Company's  standard
vacation policies applicable to such personnel.  In addition, the Employee shall
be entitled to such sick leave and holidays at full pay in  accordance  with the
Company's  policies  established  and in effect from time to time for its senior
management personnel.

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3.4. Vehicle. The Employee shall be entitled to the use of one (1) Company owned
or leased vehicle and full  reimbursement  for all expenses  associated with the
operation and maintenance of such vehicle,  which vehicle shall be comparable to
the vehicles of the other senior  management  personnel  and  executives  of the
Company. The Company will reimburse the Employee for such expenses in accordance
with  the  Company's  normal  accounting  procedures  upon the  presentation  of
vouchers and documentation for such operational and maintenance expenses.

3.5. Bonus.  The Company's Board of Directors may at any time, but shall have no
obligation to do so, pay the Employee such bonuses and/or other  supplemental or
special  payments and benefits as the Board of Directors  determines in its sole
and absolute discretion.

3.6. Stock Options.  The Employee shall be granted options to purchase shares of
the  Company's  Common  Stock in an amount and with terms and  conditions  to be
determined by the Board of Directors.  All such options will be granted pursuant
to and governed by any executive stock option plan then in effect (or such other
similar plan as determined by the Board of Directors)  and shall be evidenced by
a separate option grant agreement with the Employee.

3.7.  No Other  Benefits  or  Compensation.  The  Employee,  as a result  of his
employment by the Company as provided by this Agreement,  shall only be entitled
to the compensation and benefits provided for in this Agreement,  subject to the
terms as set forth  herein,  and to no other  benefits or  compensation,  to the
extent that additional  future benefits or compensation is provided to all other
senior officers or executives of the Company

3.8. Business  Expenses.  The Company shall promptly  reimburse the Employee for
all  reasonable  out-of-pocket  business  expenses  incurred in  performing  the
Employee's  duties  and  responsibilities   hereunder  in  accordance  with  the
Company's  policies with respect  thereto in effect from time to time,  provided
that the Employee  promptly  furnishes to the Company adequate records and other
documentary  evidence  required  by all federal  and state  statutes,  rules and
regulations  issued by the appropriate taxing authorities for the substantiation
of each such business expense as a deduction on the federal and state income tax
returns of the Company.


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4.       Term and Termination.

4.1.  Employment Term.  Subject to earlier  termination as provided  hereinbelow
(and except for the provisions of this Agreement that, by their terms,  continue
in force beyond the  termination  thereof),  the term of this Agreement shall be
for a four (4) year period,  commencing on the Effective Date and ending on June
22, 2003 (the  "Employment  Term").  Upon mutual written consent of the parties,
this  Agreement  may be extended or renewed  for such  successive  term or terms
beyond the Employment  Term as the parties agree.  If the Employment  Term is so
extended or renewed as provided in this Section 4.1, the term "Employment  Term"
will be interpreted herein to include such successive  extension or renewal term
or terms.

4.2. Voluntary  Termination.  The Company shall be able to voluntarily terminate
this  Agreement  without cause (as that term is defined below) only prior to the
expiration of the Employment Term as provided by Section 4.1 above. The Employee
may  voluntarily  terminate this  Agreement and his employment  hereunder at any
time during the Employment  Term, in which event the conditions of Section 4.5.1
below shall apply.

4.3.  Termination  for Cause.  This  Agreement,  and the  Employee's  employment
hereunder,  shall  automatically  terminate  upon the  Employee's  death  and is
otherwise immediately  terminable by the Company for cause at anytime (except as
otherwise  set forth  hereinbelow)  upon written  notice from the Company to the
Employee. As used in this Agreement, "cause" shall mean the following:

4.3.1.   refusal  by the  Employee  to  implement  or adhere  to  lawful
policies  or  directives  of the Board of Directors;

4.3.2.   habitual  neglect  of or  deliberate  or  intentional  refusal by the
Employee  to  perform  his  duties, responsibilities or obligations under this
Agreement;

4.3.3. the Employee's  conviction of or entrance of a plea of nolo contendere to
(a) a felony,  (b) any crime punishable by incarceration for a period of one (1)
year or  longer,  or (c) other  conduct  of a  criminal  nature  that may have a
material  adverse  impact  on  the  Company's  reputation  and  standing  in the
community;

4.3.4.  breach of fiduciary  duty,  breach of the Employee's  common law duty of
loyalty, deliberate breach of the Company's rules resulting in loss or damage to
the Company,  or unauthorized  disclosure of any of the Company's trade secrets,
confidential  information  or Proprietary  Information  (as that term is defined
below) by the Employee; or

4.3.5.  theft,  embezzlement or other criminal  misappropriation of funds by the
Employee from the Company;  provided,  however,  that cause pursuant to Sections
4.3.1 and 4.3.2 above shall not be deemed to exist unless the Company shall have


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first given the  Employee a written  notice  thereof  specifying  in  reasonable
detail the facts and  circumstances  alleged to  constitute  "cause," and thirty
(30) days after such notice such conduct has, or such circumstances have, as the
case may be, not entirely ceased or been entirely remedied. The determination of
whether the Employee's  actions justify  termination for cause and the date such
termination shall be effective shall be made by the Company's Board of Directors
or  management,  in good faith,  in their sole and absolute  discretion.  If the
Company terminates the Employee's employment pursuant to this Section 4.3 but it
is ultimately  determined  that the Company  lacked  "cause," the  provisions of
Section 4.5.2 below shall apply.


         4.4 Termination  for  Disability.  The Company's Board of Directors may
terminate this Agreement and the Employee's employment  hereunder,  upon written
notice to the Employee and certification of the Employee's "disability" (as that
term is defined below) by a Qualified  Physician (as that term is defined below)
or a panel of Qualified Physicians,  as set forth below, if the Employee becomes
disabled  for either (a) one  hundred-twenty  (120)  continuous  days or (b) one
hundred-eighty  (180) days during any continuous  twenty-four  (24) month period
during the Employment  Term. The Company's  Board of Directors  shall  initially
determine  that  the  Employee's  disability  will  prevent  the  Employee  from
substantially performing the Employee's duties,  responsibilities or obligations
hereunder.  As used in this Agreement,  "disability" shall be defined as (i) the
Employee's inability, by reason of physical or mental illness or other cause, to
substantially  perform the Employee's  duties,  responsibilities  or obligations
hereunder,  or (ii) disability as defined in any disability  insurance policy of
the Company in effect at the time in question.  The  Employee's  disability,  as
initially  determined  by the Board of  Directors,  shall then be certified by a
Qualified  Physician or, if requested by the  Employee,  by a panel of three (3)
Qualified  Physicians.  If the Employee  requests such a panel, the Employee and
the Company  shall each select one (1) Qualified  Physician  who together  shall
then select a third Qualified  Physician.  The  determination  of the individual
Qualified Physician or a majority of the panel of Qualified  Physicians,  as the
case may be, shall be binding and conclusive  for all purposes.  As used in this
Section 4.4, the term "Qualified Physician" shall mean any medical doctor who is
licensed  to  practice  medicine  in the  State  of Utah  and who is  reasonable
acceptable to the Employee and the Company. The Employee and the Company may, in
any instance, and in lieu of a determination by a Qualified Physician or a panel
of Qualified Physicians,  agree between themselves that the Employee is disabled
for  purposes of this  Section  4.4, in which event the parties  understand  and
agree that any such determination  shall only be applicable for purposes of this
Agreement.   The  Employee  shall  receive  full   compensation,   benefits  and
reimbursement of expenses  pursuant to the terms of this Agreement from the date
disability  begins until the date the Employee  receives written notice that the
Qualified  Physician or the panel of Qualified  Physicians,  as the case may be,
has certified the Employee's  disability or until the Employee begins to receive
disability benefits pursuant to any disability  insurance policy of the Company,
whichever occurs first.


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4.5      Effect of Termination.

4.5.1  Termination  for Cause or Voluntary  Termination by the Employee.  In the
event this  Agreement and the  Employee's  employment  is  terminated  for cause
hereunder or the Employee  voluntarily  terminates  this  Agreement  pursuant to
Section   4.2  above,   all   obligations   of  the   Company  and  all  duties,
responsibilities  and obligations of the Employee shall cease except as provided
in Section 4.5.2 below.  Upon such  termination,  the Employee or the Employee's
representative  or estate  shall be entitled to receive  only the  compensation,
benefits and reimbursement  earned by or accrued to the Employee under the terms
of this Agreement prior to the date of termination, but shall not be entitled to
any further compensation, benefits or reimbursement after such date.

                  4.5.2   Voluntary   Termination  by  the  Company;   Severance
Compensation. In the event the Company voluntarily terminates this Agreement and
the Employee's  employment  hereunder  during the Employment Term other than for
cause (and other than as allowed  pursuant to Section 4.2 above),  the  Employee
will be entitled to the following  severance  benefits:  (a) two (2) years' base
salary (as the  Employee's  base  salary is set forth in Section 3.1 above or as
subsequently  increased by the  Company),  fifty percent (50%) of which shall be
paid in a lump sum on the date of the Employee's termination and the other fifty
percent (50%) of which shall be paid in three (3) equal  quarterly  installments
commencing on the date that is  one-hundred  eighty (180) days after the date of
the  Employee's  termination;  and (b) two (2)  years  of  Company-paid  health,
hospitalization   and  dental  coverage,   which  insurance  coverage  shall  be
substantially  on the same terms and  conditions  as was offered to the Employee
during the  Employment  Term.  Other than the items set forth in clauses (a) and
(b) above in this  Section  4.5.2,  the  Employee  shall not be  entitled to any
further   compensation,   benefits  or  reimbursement  after  the  date  of  his
termination. In the event the Employee voluntarily terminates this Agreement and
his employment  hereunder  pursuant to Section 4.2 above, the Employee shall not
be  entitled  to any  severance  pay and shall not be  entitled  to any  further
compensation,  benefits or reimbursement after such termination date. Except for
the  severance  pay  provided in this  Section  4.5.2,  and except as  otherwise
provided  herein,  all  obligations of the Company will cease upon the Company's
voluntary termination of this Agreement and the Employee's employment hereunder.
No  severance  compensation  will be paid to the  Employee  in the  event  he is
terminated for cause.

4.6      Change of  Control  Transfer  This  Agreement  shall not be  terminated
by the voluntary or involuntary dissolution of the Company resulting from either
a merger  or  consolidation  in which the  Company  is not the  consolidated  or
surviving  company,  or a transfer or all or substantially  all of the assets of
the Company,  or the sale of all or  substantially  all of the Company's  equity
capital (a "change of control"). In the event of any such merger, consolidation,
sale or change of control,  the Company's  rights hereunder shall be assigned to
the  surviving  or  resulting  company,  which  company  shall  then  honor this
Agreement  with the Employee or purchase this Agreement from the Employee for an


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amount  equal to four (4) years' base salary (as the  Employee's  base salary is
set forth in Section 3.1 above or as  subsequently  increased  by the  Company),
which  amount shall be paid to the Employee in one (1) lump sum upon the closing
of such merger, consolidation, sale or change of control.

4.7.1    Survivability.

4.7.1 Upon the termination of this Agreement  pursuant to Section 4.4 or Section
4.5.1 above and upon the expiration of the Employment Term, this Agreement shall
thereupon be and become void and of no further force or effect,  except that (a)
the covenant not to compete set forth in Section 5 below and (b) the proprietary
information  provision  contained  in  Section 6 below  shall  survive  any such
termination or expiration and shall continue to bind the Employee for the period
of time stated  therein,  and, in  addition,  the  attorneys'  fees  provisions,
governing  law  and  jurisdiction  and  venue  provisions,  and  indemnification
provisions  set  forth in  Sections  12, 13 and 15  below,  respectively,  shall
continue to govern any disputes arising under this Agreement.

4.7.2     Upon the  termination of this Agreement  pursuant to Section 4.5.2
above, this Agreement shall thereupon be and become void and of no further force
or effect,  except that (a) the severance pay provisions of Section 4.5.2 above,
(b) the  covenant  not to  compete  set  forth in  Section  5 below  and (c) the
proprietary information provision contained in Section 6 below shall survive any
such  termination and shall continue to bind the Employee for the period of time
stated therein, and, in addition, the attorneys' fees provisions,  governing law
and jurisdiction and venue provisions,  and indemnification provisions set forth
in  Sections  12, 13 and 15 below,  respectively,  shall  continue to govern any
disputes arising under this Agreement.

         4.8 Full Calendar Month. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the
calendar month in which the Employee's employment is terminated shall be counted
as a full month in  determining  all  amounts  hereunder  and the vesting of any
benefits under any of the Company's benefit plans or programs.

5        Covenant Not to Compete.

5.1        Non-Compete  Covenant.  The Company and the  Employee  agree that the
           Company's  successful  operation depends, in significant part, on the
           Employee's special knowledge and expertise in Finance.  Consequently,
           during the  Employment  Term and for a period of six (6) months after
           the date of termination of the Employee's employment with the Company
           (for any reason  whatsoever)  or the  expiration of this Agreement at
           the  expiration of the  Employment  Term,  the  Employee,  in further
           consideration  of the  Company's  agreement to employ the Employee as
           provided  herein,  agrees not (a) to engage,  directly or indirectly,
           personally or as an employee,  agent,  consultant,  partner  (whether


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           general or limited), member, manager, officer, director,  shareholder
           or otherwise,  in any business  activities that are the same as those
           in which the Company  engages or proposes to engage (as  indicated by
           the  Company's  business  plan on the date of the  expiration  of the
           Employment  Term) for or on behalf of  himself  or any other  person,
           firm,  company,  corporation or business  organization or entity that
           competes with the Company in the consumer products  industry,  (b) to
           engage in such  activities  with any  other  person,  firm,  company,
           partnership,  corporation or business  organization or entity engaged
           in or about to become engaged in such  activities for or on behalf of
           such  other  person,  firm,  company,  partnership,   corporation  or
           business  organization  or  entity,  or  (c)  to  entice,  induce  or
           encourage  any  of  the  Company's  other  employees  or  any  of its
           officers,  directors or  consultants  to engage in any activity that,
           were it done by the  Employee,  would  violate any  provision of this
           Section 5.1; provided,  however, that notwithstanding the immediately
           preceding  restrictions set forth in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this
           Section 5.1, the Employee  shall be allowed to own up to five percent
           (5%) of the issued and  outstanding  voting stock or interests of any
           company or mutual fund that competes  directly or indirectly with the
           Company  if  such  stock  or  interests  are  traded  on  a  national
           securities market or on the NASDAQ Stock Market. The restrictions set
           forth in this Section 5.1 shall only apply in the State of Utah.  The
           Employee expressly agrees and acknowledges that (i) this covenant not
           to compete is reasonable as to time and geographic scope and area and
           does not place any  unreasonable  burden  on the  Employee,  (ii) the
           general  public will not be harmed as a result of the  enforcement of
           this  covenant  not  to  compete,  (iii)  the  Employee  has  had  an
           opportunity  to discuss the terms and  conditions  of this  Agreement
           generally  and this Section 5  specifically  with his personal  legal
           counsel,  and (iv) the Employee understands and hereby agrees to each
           and every term and condition of this covenant not to compete.

5.2 Violation of Covenants. The Employee expresses, agrees and acknowledges that
the  covenant not to compete  contained  in this Section 5 is necessary  for the
Company's  protection  because of the nature and scope of the Company's business
and the Employee's  position with and the scope of the duties,  responsibilities
and  obligations  delegated  to  the  Employee  by  the  Company.  If any of the
covenants or agreements  contained in this Section 5 are violated,  the Employee
agrees and  acknowledges  that any such  violation or threatened  violation will
cause irreparable  injury to the Company and that the remedy at law for any such
violation or threatened  violation  will be inadequate and that the Company will
be  entitled  to  injunctive  relief and other  equitable  remedies  without the
necessity  of proving  actual  damages.  This  non-competition  period  shall be
extended  by any  period  of time  during  which  the  Employee  is in breach or
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6                 Proprietary Information.

6.1 Return of Proprietary  Information.  Upon the  termination of this Agreement
for any reason whatsoever or the expiration of the Employment Term, the Employee
shall  immediately turn over to the Company any and all Proprietary  Information
(as that term is defined below).  The Employee shall have no right to retain any
copies of any material  qualifying  as  Proprietary  Information  for any reason
whatsoever  after the termination of his employment  hereunder or the expiration
of the Employment Term, without the express written consent of the Company.

6.2 Non-Disclosure. The parties acknowledge and agree that, in the course of his
employment  hereunder and through his prior  activities for and on behalf of the
Company and the contemplated  future activities for and on behalf of the Company
pursuant  hereto,  the Employee will receive,  deal with and have access to, the
Company's Proprietary  Information and that the Employee holds and will hold all
of the Company's  Proprietary  Information  in trust and  confidence  for and on
behalf  of the  Company.  The  Employee  agrees  that he will  not,  during  the
Employment  Term or  thereafter,  in any  fashion,  form or manner,  directly or
indirectly,  retain,  make copies of,  divulge,  disclose or  communicate to any
person,  firm company,  partnership,  corporation  or business  organization  or
entity,  in any manner  whatsoever,  except  when  necessary  or required in the
normal course of the Employee's  employment hereunder and for the benefit of the
Company or with the express  prior  written  consent of the Company,  any of the
Company's  Proprietary  Information or any  information  of any kind,  nature or
description  whatsoever  concerning  any  matters  affecting  or relating to the
Company's business or affairs or any of its Proprietary Information.

6.3   Proprietary   Information   Defined.   For  purposes  of  this  Agreement,
"Proprietary  Information"  shall  include,  but shall not be  limited  to,  the
following:   (a)   identity  of  clients,   customers,   suppliers,   retailers,
distributors,  distribution  channels or investors in, of or to the Company,  or
potential clients, customers, suppliers, retailers,  distributors,  distribution
channels  or  investors  in, of or to the  Company;  (b) any  written,  typed or
printed lists or other materials identifying the clients, customers,  suppliers,
retailers,  distributors  or investors  in, of or to the  Company,  or potential
clients, customers, suppliers, retailers, distributors or investors in, of or to
the Company;  (c) any financial or other information  supplied to the Company by
its clients, customers, suppliers, retailers, distributors or investors; (d) any
and all data or information involving the processes, security codes, flowcharts,
techniques,  programs,  marketing  materials,  personnel  information,  methods,
suppliers  or contacts  employed by the Company in the conduct of its  business;
(e) any lists, documents, manuals, records, forms or other materials used by the
Company in the conduct of its business; (f) any descriptive materials describing
the processes,  methods or procedures  employed by the Company in the conduct of
its business;  (g) any processes for or involving any of the Company's  products
or  contemplated or proposed  products,  processes or services or any in-process
patent  applications  or  trade  secrets  relating  to the  Company's  products,
processes or services;  and (h) any other secret or confidential  information or
material  concerning  the Company's  business,  affairs or products or services,
including,  but not limited to, non-public financial information such as budgets


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and business plans. The terms "list," "document" or their equivalent, as used in
this Section 6.3, are not limited to a physical writing or compilation, but also
include any and all information  whatsoever  regarding the subject matter of the
"list" or "document" whether or not such compilation has been reduced to writing
and  regardless  of the  medium in which the same  exists  (whether  electronic,
digital, magnetic, optical or otherwise).

7    Termination of Prior Agreements.  This Agreement  terminates and supersedes
     any and all prior negotiations,  correspondence,  agreements, proposals and
     understandings  between the parties  hereto with respect to  employment  or
     with respect to the  compensation  of the Employee by the Company,  and all
     such negotiations, correspondence, agreements, proposals and understandings
     shall be  deemed  to be  merged  into this  Agreement  and,  to the  extent
     inconsistent  herewith,  such  negotiations,   correspondence,  agreements,
     proposals and  understandings  shall be deemed to be of no force or effect.
     There are no representations,  warranties or agreements, whether express or
     implied, oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof, except
     as set forth herein.

8    Assignment.  This  Agreement  is for the unique  personal  services  of the
     Employee and is not  assignable or  delegable,  in whole or in part, by the
     Employee  without the prior written consent of the Company.  This Agreement
     may be assigned or  delegated,  in whole or in part, by the Company and, in
     such case,  shall be assumed by and become  binding upon the person,  firm,
     company,  corporation  or  business  organization  or entity to which  this
     Agreement is assigned.

9    Waiver  or  Modification.  Any  waiver,  change,  modification,  extension,
     discharge  or  amendment  of any  provision  of  this  Agreement  shall  be
     effective only if in writing in a document that specifically refers to this
     Agreement  and is signed  by the party  against  whom  enforcement  of such
     waiver, change, modification,  extension, discharge or amendment is sought.
     The waiver by either party of a breach of any  provision of this  Agreement
     by the other  party shall not  operate or be  construed  as a waiver of any
     other  provision  hereof or any  subsequent  breach  of the same  provision
     hereof.

10   Severability;  Interpretation.  In the  event  that  any  term or  portion,
     including any part of a Section or subsection, of this Agreement is invalid
     or  unenforceable  for any reason,  the remaining terms or portions of this
     Agreement,  including the remaining Sections or subsections,  if any, shall
     be severable and shall remain in full force and effect. The parties to this
     Agreement  agree  that the court  making a  determination  that any term or
     provision  of this  Agreement  is  unenforceable  shall  modify  the scope,
     duration,  geographic  area or application of the term or provision so that
     the term or provision is  enforceable  to the maximum  extent  permitted by
     applicable  law.  Notwithstanding  any rule or maxim of construction to the
     contrary,  any  ambiguity or  uncertainty  in this  Agreement  shall not be


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     construed against either of the parties based upon authorship of any of the
     provisions hereof. The above Recital is deemed to be incorporated herein by
     reference.

11   Notices.  Any notice required or permitted  hereunder to be given by either
     party  shall be in writing  and shall be  delivered  personally  or sent by
     certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, or by private courier, or by
     telex,  telegram or telecopy to the party to the address set forth below or
     to such  other  address  as either  party may  designate  from time to time
     according to the terms of this Section 11:

                  To the Employee at:   Lloyd M. Taggart
                                        64 West 1600 North
                                        Centerville, Utah 84014
                                        Fax:  (801) 292-6776

                  To the Company at:    Dynatec International, Inc.
                                        3820 Great Lakes Drive
                                        Salt Lake City, Utah 84120
                                        Attention:  Frederick W. Volcansek, Sr.
                                             Chief Executive Officer
                                        Fax:  (801) 972-2112

A notice delivered  personally shall be effective upon receipt. A notice sent by
telex,  telegram or telecopy shall be effective twenty-four (24) hours after the
dispatch  thereof.  A notice  delivered by private courier shall be effective on
the day  delivered or if delivered by mail,  the third (3rd)  business day after
the day of mailing.

12   Attorneys'  Fees. In the event of any action at law or in equity to enforce
     or interpret the terms of this  Agreement,  the  prevailing  party shall be
     entitled to reasonable  attorneys' fees,  court costs and  disbursements in
     addition to any other relief to which such party may otherwise be entitled.

13   Governing Law;  Jurisdiction and Venue. This Agreement shall be governed by
     and  construed  in  accordance  with the laws of the State of Utah  without
     giving effect to any applicable  conflicts of law  provisions.  The parties
     consent to the  exclusive  jurisdiction  and venue of the federal and state
     courts  residing  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Salt  Lake  County,  Utah  for the
     resolution of any disputes arising under or out of this Agreement.

14   Business  Opportunities.  During the Employment Term the Employee agrees to
     bring to the  attention of the  Company's  Board of  Directors  all written
     business  proposals that come to the Employee's  attention and all business
     or investment  opportunities of whatever nature that are created or devised


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     by the  Employee  and that  relate to areas in which the  Company  conducts
     business and might  reasonably be expected to be of interest to the Company
     or any of its subsidiaries or divisions.

15   Employee's  Representations and Warranties.  The Employee hereby represents
     and warrants that he is not under any  contractual  obligation to any other
     company,  entity or individual  that would  prohibit or impede the Employee
     from  performing his duties and  responsibilities  under this Agreement and
     that he is free to enter into and perform  the duties and  responsibilities
     required by this  Agreement.  The Employee  hereby  agrees to indemnify and
     hold the Company and its officers, directors,  employees,  shareholders and
     agents harmless in connection with the  representations and warranties made
     by the Employee in this Section 15.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Employment Agreement
effective as of the Effective Date.


THE COMPANY:                            THE EMPLOYEE:

DYNATEC INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
a Utah corporation
                                         /s/
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By: /s/
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       Frederick W. Volcansek, Sr.
       Its:  Chief Executive Officer