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EXHIBIT 10.02


                  AMENDMENT TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDMENT (this "Amendment") is made as of the 29th of September,
1998, to that REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") dated as of July
23, 1998, by and between Nanopierce Technologies, Inc., a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Nevada, U.S.A., with headquarters located at 370
Seventeenth Street, Suite 3580, Denver, Colorado (the "Company") and Mr. Y.L.
Hirsch, a citizen and resident of Jerusalem, Israel (the "Buyer").  All
capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

                                  WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement the Buyer agreed to
purchase, at three (3) separate closings, each to occur prior to September 23,
1998, as described in the Securities Purchase Agreement, 150,000 Series B
Shares; and

     WHEREAS, as of the date of this Amendment, the Company has tendered 150,000
Series B Shares in accordance with the Agreement, and Buyer has purchased 50,000
Series B Shares of the 150,000, all of which were purchased at the First
Closing; and

     WHEREAS, the Company agreed to register all of the Series B Shares in
accordance with the terms of the Agreement, and in addition granted to the Buyer
certain other rights under the Agreement; and

     WHEREAS, pursuant to that Amendment to the Securities Purchase Agreement
dated of even date herewith, the Buyer agreed to purchase an additional 25,000
Series B Shares, for a total of 75,000 Series B Shares purchased by the Buyer,
and the Company agreed to release the Buyer from any further obligation under,
and the Buyer agreed to relinquish any rights it had under, the Securities
Purchase Agreement to purchase Series B Shares or Series C Shares; and

     WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to modify the Agreement as stated
hereinafter.

     NOW THEREFORE, for a valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     1.  The Company shall file with the SEC, on or before November 15, 1998, a
         registration statement on Form S-1 covering the Common Stock underlying
         (i) all 75,000 Series B Shares purchased by the Buyer prior to that
         date, and (ii) the Warrant to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock
         which was issued by the Company to the Buyer on July 23, 1998, pursuant
         to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

     2.  The Buyer has and does hereby waive its right to assert any claims,
         penalties or liquidated damages against the Company with respect to the
         late filing or late 

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         registration of the Common Stock under the terms of the Agreement which
         may have occurred prior to the date hereof.

     3.  The Company may in its sole discretion register any of its securities
         on the registration statement referred to in Section 1 above (or on any
         other registration statement that may be filed by the Company on or
         after the date hereof). The Buyer by its execution of this Amendment
         irrevocably agrees that the Company shall have the right, on and after
         the date hereof, in the Company's sole discretion, to assign all (or
         such portion as the Company determines) of the Buyer's rights under the
         Agreement to any third party or parties, each of which the Company in
         its sole discretion may select. The Buyer by its execution of this
         Amendment irrevocably consents to any such assignment by the Company,
         whenever effected.

     Except as otherwise stated herein, the parties' respective rights and
obligations under the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be duly
executed as of day and year first above written.

                         COMPANY:

                         NANOPIERCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                         By:   /s/ Paul H. Metzinger
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                            Mr. Paul H. Metzinger, Executive Vice President


                         BUYER:

                               /s/ Y.L. Hirsch
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                            Mr. Y.L. Hirsch, an individual

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