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                                 EXHIBIT 4.02

                        NANOPIERCE TECHNOLOGIES,  INC.

                                    WARRANT
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Warrant No.1                                             Dated: October 20, 2000

     Nanopierce Technologies,  Inc., a  Nevada  corporation (the "Company"),
hereby certifies that, for value received, Harvest Court LLC or its registered
assigns ("Holder"), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to
purchase from the Company up to a total of 453,163 shares of common stock,
$0.0001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company (each such
share, a "Warrant Share" and all such shares, the "Warrant Shares") at the
Exercise Price set forth in Section 3, at any time and from time to time from
and after the date hereof and through and including October 20, 2005 (the
"Expiration Date"), and subject to the following terms and conditions:

          1.   Registration of Warrant.  The Company shall register this
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Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the
"Warrant Register"), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time.
The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the
absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution
to the Holder, and for all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected
by notice to the contrary without the prior written consent of the Holder.

          2.   Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.
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               (a)  The Company shall register the transfer of any portion of
this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with the
Form of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the Transfer
Agent or to the Company at its address for notice set forth in Section 11. Upon
any such registration or transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common Stock, in
substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new warrant, a "New Warrant"),
evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the
transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant
not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The
acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the
acceptance of such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder
of a Warrant.

               (b)  This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by
the Holder to the office of the Company at its address for notice set forth in
Section 11 for one or more New Warrants, evidencing in the aggregate the right
to purchase the number of Warrant Shares which may then be purchased hereunder.
Any such New Warrant will be dated the date of such exchange.
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          3.   Duration and Exercise of Warrants.
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               (a)  This Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder
on any business day before 6:30 P.M., New York City time, at any time and from
time to time on or after the date hereof to and including the Expiration Date.
At 6:30 P.M., New York City time on the Expiration Date, the portion of this
Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value.
Prior to the Expiration Date, the Company may not call or otherwise redeem this
Warrant.

               (b)  Upon delivery of a duly completed and signed Form of
Election to Purchase attached hereto (and the grid attached hereto as Annex A)
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duly completed and signed, to the Company at its address for notice set forth in
Section 11 and upon payment of the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of
Warrant Shares that the Holder intends to purchase hereunder, in the manner
provided hereunder, all as specified by the Holder in the Form of Election to
Purchase, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than 3 business days
after the Date of Exercise (as defined herein)) issue or cause to be issued and
cause to be delivered to or upon the written order of the Holder and in such
name or names as the Holder may designate, a certificate for the Warrant Shares
issuable upon such exercise, free of restrictive legends. Any person so
designated by the Holder to receive Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have
become holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the Date of Exercise of
this Warrant. To effect an exercise hereunder, the Holder shall not be required
to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless all the Warrant
Shares have been exercised. Exercises hereunder shall have the effect of
lowering the number of Warrant Shares in an amount equal to the applicable
exercise, which shall be evidenced by entries set forth in the Exercise
Schedule. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number
of Warrant Shares exercised and the date of such exercises . In the event of any
dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Warrant Register shall be controlling
and determinative in the absence of manifest error. The Holder and any assignee,
by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the
provisions of this paragraph, following exercise of a portion of this Warrant,
the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant may be less than the
amount stated on the face hereof.

               A "Date of Exercise" means the date on which the Company shall
have received (i) the Form of Election to Purchase completed and duly signed,
and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares so
indicated by the Holder to be purchased.

               (c)  The "Exercise Price" for each Warrant Share shall equal
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$2.586 and shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 7.

          4.   Payment of Taxes.  The Company will pay all documentary stamp
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taxes attributable to the issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this
Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any
tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration
of any certificates for Warrant Shares or Warrants in a name

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other than that of the Holder. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax
liability that may arise as a result of holding or transferring this Warrant or
receiving Warrant Shares upon exercise hereof.

          5.   Replacement of Warrant.  If this Warrant is mutilated, lost,
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stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange
and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and
substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and
indemnity, if requested, satisfactory to it.  Applicants for a New Warrant under
such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and
procedures and pay such other reasonable charges as the Company may prescribe.

          6.   Reservation of Warrant Shares.  The Company covenants that it
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will at all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its
authorized but unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to
issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the
number of Warrant Shares which are then issuable and deliverable upon the
exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other actual
contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account
the adjustments and restrictions of Section 7). The Company covenants that all
Warrant Shares that shall be so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance
and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms
hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable.

          7.   Certain Adjustments.  The Exercise Price and number of Warrant
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Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from
time to time as set forth in this Section 7.

               (a)  If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding, (i) shall pay a stock dividend (except scheduled dividends paid on
outstanding preferred stock as of the date hereof which contain a stated
dividend rate) or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on shares of
its Common Stock or on any other class of capital stock payable in shares of
Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger
number of shares, or (iii) combine outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction
of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding
treasury shares, if any) outstanding before such event and of which the
denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury
shares, if any) outstanding after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to
this Section shall become effective immediately after the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution
and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a
subdivision or combination, and shall apply to successive subdivisions and
combinations.

               (b)  In case of any reclassification of the Common Stock or any
compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted into
other securities, cash or property, then the Holder shall have the right
thereafter to exercise this Warrant only into the shares of stock and other
securities and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of
Common Stock following such reclassification or share exchange, and the Holder
shall be entitled

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upon such event to receive such amount of securities or property equal to the
amount of Warrant Shares such Holder would have been entitled to had such Holder
exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such reclassification or share
exchange. The terms of any such reclassification or share exchange shall include
such terms so as to continue to give to the Holder the right to receive the
securities or property set forth in this Section 7(b) upon any exercise
following any such reclassification or share exchange.

               (c)  If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to holders
of this Warrant) evidences of its indebtedness or assets or rights or warrants
to subscribe for or purchase any security (excluding those referred to in
Sections 7(a), (b) and (d)), then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be
determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the
record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the Exercise Price
determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator
shall be such Exercise Price on such record date less the then fair market value
at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so
distributed applicable to one outstanding share of Common Stock as determined by
the Company's independent certified public accountants that regularly examines
the financial statements of the Company (an "Appraiser").

               (d)  If the Company or any subsidiary thereof, as applicable with
respect to Common Stock Equivalents (as defined below), at any time while this
Warrant is outstanding, shall issue shares of Common Stock or rights, warrants
(including those issued under the Purchase Agreement), options or other
securities or debt that is convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common
Stock ("Common Stock Equivalents") entitling any Person to acquire shares of
Common Stock, at a price per share less than the Exercise Price (if the holder
of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalent so issued shall at any time,
whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating
conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants,
options or rights issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to
receive shares of Common Stock at a price less than the Exercise Price, such
issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Exercise Price),
then, at the option of the Holder for such exercises as it shall indicate, the
Exercise Price shall be adjusted to mirror the conversion, exchange or purchase
price for such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (including any reset
provisions thereof) at issue.  Such adjustment shall be made whenever such
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued.  The Company shall notify
the Holder in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance of
any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalent subject to this section, indicating
therein the applicable issuance price, or of applicable reset price, exchange
price, conversion price and other pricing terms. No adjustment under this
Section shall be made as a result of (i) issuances of Common Stock or Common
Stock Equivalents to the extent disclosed in Schedule 2.1(c) to the Purchase
Agreement, (ii) issuances and exercises of options to purchase shares of Common
Stock issued for compensatory purposes pursuant to any of the Company's stock
option or stock purchase plans, or (iii) exercises under the Warrant (as defined
in the Purchase Agreement).

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               (e)  In case of any (1) merger or consolidation of the Company
with or into another Person, or (2) sale by the Company of more than one-half of
the assets of the Company (on a book value basis) in one or a series of related
transactions, the Holder shall have the right thereafter to (A) exercise this
Warrant for the shares of stock and other securities, cash and property
receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock following such
merger, consolidation or sale, and the Holder shall be entitled upon such event
or series of related events to receive such amount of securities, cash and
property as the Common Stock for which this Warrant could have been exercised
immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sales would have been
entitled or (B) in the case of a merger or consolidation, (x) require the
surviving entity to issue common stock purchase warrants equal to the number
Warrant Shares to which this Warrant then permits, which new warrant shall be
identical to this Warrant, and (y) simultaneously with the issuance of such
warrant, the Holder of such warrant shall have the right to exercise such
warrant only into shares of stock and other securities, cash and property
receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock following such
merger or consolidation or (C) require the surviving entity from such merger,
acquisition or business combination to pay to the Holder, in cash, the Black
Scholes value of this Warrant. In the case of clause (B), the exercise price for
such new warrant shall be based upon the amount of securities, cash and property
that each share of Common Stock would receive in such transaction and the
Exercise Price of this Warrant immediately prior to the effectiveness or closing
date for such transaction. The terms of any such merger, sale or consolidation
shall include such terms so as continue to give the Holder the right to receive
the securities, cash and property set forth in this Section upon any conversion
or redemption following such event. This provision shall similarly apply to
successive such events.

               (f)  For the purposes of this Section 7, the following clauses
shall also be applicable:

                    (i)  Record Date. In case the Company shall take a record
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of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to
receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock or in
securities convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock, or (B) to
subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or securities convertible or exchangeable
into shares of Common Stock, then such record date shall be deemed to be the
date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been
issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other
distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or
purchase, as the case may be.

                    (ii) Treasury Shares.  The number of shares of Common Stock
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outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for
the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be
considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.

               (g)  All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made to the
nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.

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               (h)  Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to Section
7(c) above, the Holder, after receipt of the determination by the Appraiser,
shall have the right to select an additional appraiser (which shall be a
nationally recognized accounting firm), in which case the adjustment shall be
equal to the average of the adjustments recommended by each of the Appraiser and
such appraiser. The Holder shall promptly mail or cause to be mailed to the
Company, a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and
setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Such
adjustment shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned
above.

               (i)  If:

                         (i)   the Company shall declare a dividend (or any
                               other distribution) on its Common Stock; or

                         (ii)  the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring
                               cash dividend on or a redemption of its Common
                               Stock; or

                         (iii) the Company shall authorize the granting to all
                               holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to
                               subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital
                               stock of any class or of any rights; or

                         (iv)  the approval of any stockholders of the Company
                               shall be required in connection with any
                               reclassification of the Common Stock, any
                               consolidation or merger to which the Company is a
                               party, any sale or transfer of all or
                               substantially all of the assets of the Company,
                               or any compulsory share exchange whereby the
                               Common Stock is converted into other securities,
                               cash or property; or

                         (v)   the Company shall authorize the voluntary
                               dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
                               affairs of the Company,

then the Company shall cause to be mailed to each Holder at their last addresses
as they shall appear upon the Warrant Register, at least 20 calendar days prior
to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice
stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to
be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be
entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to
be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or
close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of
record

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shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash
or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer, share exchange, dissolution, liquidation or winding up;
provided, however, that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or
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in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action
required to be specified in such notice.

          8.   Payment of Exercise Price. The Holder shall pay the Exercise
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Price in one of the following manners:

               (a)  Cash Exercise.  The Holder may deliver immediately available
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funds; or
               (b)  Cashless Exercise. The Holder may surrender this Warrant to
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the Company together with a notice of cashless exercise, in which event the
Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares determined as
follows:

                    X = Y [(A-B)/A]
     where:
                    X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder.

                    Y = the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this
                    Warrant is being exercised.

                    A = the average of the closing sale prices of the Common
                    Stock for the five (5) trading days immediately prior to
                    (but not including) the Date of Exercise .

                    B = the Exercise Price.

For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been
commenced, on the date hereof.

          9.   Certain Exercise Restrictions.
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               (a)  A Holder may not exercise this Warrant to the extent such
exercise would result in the Holder, together with any affiliate thereof,
beneficially owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules
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promulgated thereunder) in excess of 4.999% of the then issued and outstanding
shares of Common Stock, including shares issuable upon such exercise and held by
such Holder after application of this Section. Since the Holder will not be
obligated to report to the Company the number of shares of Common Stock it may
hold at the time of an exercise hereunder,

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unless the exercise at issue would result in the issuance of shares of Common
Stock in excess of 4.999% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock without
regard to any other shares which may be beneficially owned by the Holder or an
affiliate thereof, the Holder shall have the authority and obligation to
determine whether the restriction contained in this Section will limit any
particular exercise hereunder and to the extent that the Holder determines that
the limitation contained in this Section applies, the determination of which
portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be the responsibility and
obligation of the Holder. If the Holder has delivered a Form of Election to
Purchase for a number of Warrant Shares that, without regard to any other shares
that the Holder or its affiliates may beneficially own, would result in the
issuance in excess of the permitted amount hereunder, the Company shall notify
the Holder of this fact and shall honor the exercise for the maximum portion of
this Warrant permitted to be exercised on such Date of Exercise in accordance
with the periods described herein and, at the option of the Holder, either keep
the portion of the Warrant tendered for exercise in excess of the permitted
amount hereunder for future exercises or return such excess portion of the
Warrant to the Holder. The provisions of this Section may be waived by a Holder
(but only as to itself and not to any other Holder) upon not less than 61 days
prior notice to the Company. Other Holders shall be unaffected by any such
waiver.

               (b)  A Holder may not exercise this Warrant to the extent such
exercise would result in the Holder, together with any affiliate thereof,
beneficially owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) in excess of 9.999% of the
then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, including shares issuable
upon such exercise and held by such Holder after application of this Section.
Since the Holder will not be obligated to report to the Company the number of
shares of Common Stock it may hold at the time of an exercise hereunder, unless
the exercise at issue would result in the issuance of shares of Common Stock in
excess of 9.999% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock without regard
to any other shares which may be beneficially owned by the Holder or an
affiliate thereof, the Holder shall have the authority and obligation to
determine whether the restriction contained in this Section will limit any
particular exercise hereunder and to the extent that the Holder determines that
the limitation contained in this Section applies, the determination of which
portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be the responsibility and
obligation of the Holder. If the Holder has delivered a Form of Election to
Purchase for a number of Warrant Shares that, without regard to any other shares
that the Holder or its affiliates may beneficially own, would result in the
issuance in excess of the permitted amount hereunder, the Company shall notify
the Holder of this fact and shall honor the exercise for the maximum portion of
this Warrant permitted to be exercised on such Date of Exercise in accordance
with the periods described herein and, at the option of the Holder, either keep
the portion of the Warrant tendered for exercise in excess of the permitted
amount hereunder for future exercises or return such excess portion of the
Warrant to the Holder. The provisions of this Section may be waived by a Holder
(but only as to itself and not to any other Holder) upon not less than 61 days
prior notice to the Company. Other Holders shall be unaffected by any such
waiver.

          10.  Fractional Shares.  The Company shall not be required to issue or
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cause to be issued fractional Warrant Shares on the exercise of this Warrant.
The number of full Warrant Shares

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which shall be issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be computed on
the basis of the aggregate number of Warrant Shares purchasable on exercise of
this Warrant so presented. If any fraction of a Warrant Share would, except for
the provisions of this Section, be issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the
Company shall pay an amount in cash equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by
such fraction.

          11.  Notices.  Any and all notices or other communications or
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deliveries hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in this
Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a business day, (ii) the
business day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is
delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in this
Section later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date and earlier than
11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on such date, (iii) the business day following
the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service,
or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be
given.  The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company,
to 370 Seventeenth Street, Suite 3580, Denver, Colorado 80202, Facsimile: (303)
592-1054, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or (ii) if to the Holder, to the
Holder at the address or facsimile number appearing on the Warrant Register or
such other address or facsimile number as the Holder may provide to the Company
in accordance with this Section.

          12.  Warrant Agent.  The Company shall serve as warrant agent under
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this Warrant.  Upon thirty days' notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a
new warrant agent. Any corporation into which the Company or any new warrant
agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which
the Company or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation to
which the Company or any new warrant agent transfers substantially all of its
corporate trust or shareholders services business shall be a successor warrant
agent under this Warrant without any further act.  Any such successor warrant
agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be
mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder's last
address as shown on the Warrant Register.

          13.  Miscellaneous.
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               (a)  This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Warrant may
be amended only in writing signed by the Company and the Holder and their
successors and assigns.

               (b)  Subject to Section 13(a), above, nothing in this Warrant
shall be construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company
and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause under this Warrant.
This Warrant shall inure to the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and
the Holder.

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               (c)  The corporate laws of the State of Nevada shall govern all
issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and its stockholders. All
other questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to
the principles of conflicts of law thereof. The Company and the Holder hereby
irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts
sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of
any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction
contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and
agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, or that such suit,
action or proceeding is improper. Each of the Company and the Holder hereby
irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being
served in any such suit, action or proceeding by receiving a copy thereof sent
to the Company at the address in effect for notices to it under this instrument
and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of
process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in
any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

               (d)  The headings herein are for convenience only, do not
constitute a part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any
of the provisions hereof.

               (e)  In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant
shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and
enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not
in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good
faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a
commercially reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall
incorporate such substitute provision in this Warrant.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly
executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.

                                   NANOPIERCE TECHNOLOGIES,  INC.

                                   By:_____________________________________
                                      Name:
                                      Title:
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                         FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE

To be executed by the Holder to exercise the right to purchase shares of Common
Stock under the Warrant, issued on October 20, 2000 by Nanopierce Technologies,
Inc.

To Nanopierce Technologies, Inc.:

     The undersigned hereby wishes to purchase  _____________ shares of common
stock, $.0001 par value per share, of Nanopierce Technologies, Inc. (the "Common
Stock") and , if such Holder is not utilizing the cashless exercise provisions
set forth in this Warrant, encloses herewith $________ in cash, certified or
official bank check or checks, which sum represents the aggregate Exercise Price
(as defined in the Warrant) for the number of shares of Common Stock to which
this Form of Election to Purchase relates, together with any applicable taxes
payable by the undersigned pursuant to the Warrant.

     The undersigned requests that certificates for the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon this exercise be issued in the name of:
____________________________.

                                    PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
                                    TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

                                    _____________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________
                        (Please print name and address)

Dated:_____,__                    Name of Holder:

                                    (Print)______________________________

                                    (By:)________________________________
                                    (Name:)
                                    (Title:)
                                    (Signature must conform in all respects to
                                    name of holder as specified on the face of
                                    the Warrant)
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                              FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

          [To be completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto ________________________________ the right represented by the within
Warrant to purchase ____________ shares of Common Stock of Nanopierce
Technologies, Inc. to which the within Warrant relates and appoints
________________ attorney to transfer said right on the books of Nanopierce
Technologies, Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:

_______________, ____

                    _______________________________________
                    (Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as
                    specified on the face of the Warrant)

                    _______________________________________
                    Address of Transferee

                    _______________________________________

                    _______________________________________

In the presence of:

__________________________
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                                    Annex A
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                                 EXHIBIT 4.03

THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES RECEIVABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"),
PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-35358, DECLARED EFFECTIVE MAY 25,
2000 AND PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 20, 2000.

Warrant to Purchase
10,000,000 shares
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                        Warrant to Purchase Common Stock
                                       of
                         NANOPIERCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

     THIS CERTIFIES that Gemini Investments, Ltd. on its own behalf and as
Representative or any subsequent ("Holder") hereof, has the right to purchase
from NANOPIERCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), up to
10,000,000 fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company's Common Stock,
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$0.0001 par value ("Common Stock"), subject to adjustment as provided herein, at
a price equal to the Exercise Price as defined in Section 3 below, at any time
beginning on the Date of Issuance and ending at 5:00 p.m., Denver, Colorado
time, on October 20, 2004.

     The Holder of this Warrant agrees with the Company that this Warrant is
issued and all rights hereunder shall be held subject to all of the conditions,
limitations and provisions set forth herein.

     1.   Date of Issuance.
          -----------------

     This Warrant shall be deemed to be issued on October 20, 2000 ("Date of
Issuance").

     2.   Exercise.
          --------

     (a)  Manner of Exercise.   On or after the Date of Issuance, this Warrant
may be exercised as to all or any lesser number of full shares of Common Stock
covered hereby upon surrender of this Warrant, with the Exercise Form attached
hereto duly executed, together with the full Exercise Price (as defined in
Section 3) for each share of Common Stock as to which this Warrant is exercised,
at the office of the Company, 370 17th Street, Suite 3580, Denver, Colorado
80202; Attention: President, Telephone No. (303)592-1010, Telecopy No. (303)592-
1054, or at such other office or agency as the Company may designate in writing,
by overnight mail, with an advance copy of the Exercise Form attached as Exhibit
A ("Exercise Form") by facsimile (such surrender and payment of the Exercise
Price hereinafter called the "Exercise of this Warrant").

     (b)  Date of Exercise. The "Date of Exercise" of the Warrant shall be
defined as the date that the advance copy of the Exercise Form is sent by
facsimile to the Company, provided that the original Warrant and Exercise Form
are received by the Company as

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soon as practicable thereafter. Alternatively, the Date of Exercise shall be
defined as the date the original Exercise Form is received by the Company, if
Holder has not sent advance notice by facsimile.

     (c)  Cancellation of Warrant. This Warrant shall be canceled upon its
Exercise, and, as soon as practical after the Date of Exercise, the Holder
hereof shall be entitled to receive Common Stock for the number of shares
purchased upon such Exercise, and if this Warrant is not exercised in full, the
Holder shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant or Warrants (containing terms
identical to this Warrant) representing any unexercised portion of this Warrant
in addition to such Common Stock.

     (d)  Holder of Record. Each person in whose name any Warrant for shares of
Common Stock is issued shall, for all purposes, be deemed to have become the
Holder of record of such shares on the Date of Exercise of this Warrant,
irrespective of the date of delivery of such shares of Common Stock.  Nothing in
this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder hereof any rights
as a shareholder of the Company.

     3.   Payment of Warrant Exercise Price.
          ---------------------------------

     The Exercise Price shall be $0.25 per share ("Exercise Price").

     Payment of the Exercise Price may be made by any of the following, or a
combination thereof, at the election of Holder:

     (i)   Cash Exercise: cash, certified check or cashiers check or wire
           transfer; or

     (ii)  Stock Exercise: delivery of a certificate or certificates
           representing restricted or free trading shares of the Company equal
           in value to the purchase price of the number of shares being
           purchased. The value of the shared tendered as payment shall
           conclusively be determined by Market Price as defined below in (iii)
           relating to cashless exercise.

     (iii) Cashless Exercise: Surrender of this Warrant at the principal office
           of the Company together with notice of cashless election, in which
           event the Company shall issue Holder a number of shares of Common
           Stock computed using the following formula:

                         X = Y (A-B)/A

where:    X =  the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Holder.

          Y =  the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant
               is being exercised.

          A = the Market Price of one (1) share of Common Stock (for purposes of
          this Section 3(ii) and (iii), the "Market Price" shall be defined as
          the average closing price of the Common Stock for the five

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          (5) trading days prior to the Date of Exercise of this Warrant (the
          "Average Closing Price"), as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or if
          the Common Stock is not traded on the OTC Bulletin Board, the Average
          Closing Price in the over-the-counter market; provided, however, that
          if the Common Stock is listed on a stock exchange, the Market Price
          shall be the Average Closing Price on such exchange. If the Common
          Stock is/was not traded during the five (5) trading days prior to the
          Date of Exercise, then the closing price for the last publicly traded
          day shall be deemed to be the closing price for any and all (if
          applicable) days during such five (5) trading day period.

          B = the Exercise Price.

     4.   Transfer.
          --------

     (a)  Transfer Rights. This Warrant may be transferred on the books of the
Company, in whole or in part, in person or by attorney, upon surrender of this
Warrant properly endorsed. This Warrant shall be canceled upon such surrender
and, as soon as practicable thereafter, the person to whom such transfer is made
shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant or Warrants as to the portion of this
Warrant transferred, and the Holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to receive
a new Warrant or Warrants as to the portion hereof retained.

     5.   Anti-Dilution Adjustments.
          -------------------------

     (a)  Stock Dividend. If the Company shall at any time declare a dividend
payable in shares of Common Stock, then the Holder hereof, upon Exercise of this
Warrant after the record date for the determination of Holders of Common Stock
entitled to receive such dividend, shall be entitled to receive upon Exercise of
this Warrant, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock as to which
this Warrant is Exercised, such additional shares of Common Stock as such Holder
would have received had this Warrant been Exercised immediately prior to such
record date and the Exercise Price will be proportionately adjusted.

     (b)  Recapitalization or Reclassification.  If the Company shall at
any time effect a recapitalization, reclassification or other similar
transaction of such character that the shares of Common Stock shall be changed
into or become exchangeable for a larger or smaller number of shares, then upon
the effective date thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock which the
Holder hereof shall be entitled to purchase upon Exercise of this Warrant shall
be increased or decreased, as the case may be, in direct proportion to the
increase or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock by reason of such
recapitalization, reclassification or similar transaction, and the Exercise
Price shall be, in the case of an increase in the number of shares,
proportionally decreased and, in the case of decrease in the number of shares,
proportionally increased.  The Company shall give the Warrant Holder the same
notice it provides to holders of Common Stock of any transaction described in
this Section 5(b).

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     (c)  Distributions. If the Company shall at any time distribute to Holders
of Common Stock cash, evidences of indebtedness or other securities or assets
(other than cash dividends or distributions payable out of earned surplus or net
profits for the current or preceding year) then, in any such case, the Holder of
this Warrant shall be entitled to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant, with
respect to each share of Common Stock issuable upon such Exercise, the amount of
cash or evidences of indebtedness or other securities or assets which such
Holder would have been entitled to receive with respect to each such share of
Common Stock as a result of the happening of such event had this Warrant been
Exercised immediately prior to the record date or other date fixing shareholders
to be affected by such event (the "Determination Date") or, in lieu thereof, if
the Board of Directors of the Company should so determine at the time of such
distribution, a reduced Exercise Price determined by multiplying the Exercise
Price on the Determination Date by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
result of such Exercise Price reduced by the value of such distribution
applicable to one share of Common Stock (such value to be determined by the
Board in its discretion) and the denominator of which is such Exercise Price.

     (d)  Notice of Consolidation or Merger.  In the event of a merger,
consolidation, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, or other
similar event, as a result of which shares of Common Stock of the Company shall
be changed into the same or a different number of shares of the same or another
class or classes of stock or securities or other assets of the Company or
another entity or there is a sale of all or substantially all the Company's
assets (a "Corporate Change"), then this Warrant shall be exerciseable into such
class and type of securities or other assets as the Holder would have received
had the Holder exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such Corporate
Change; provided, however, that Company may not affect any Corporate Change
unless it first shall have given thirty (30) business days notice to the Holder
hereof of any Corporate Change.

     (e)  Exercise Price Adjusted. As used in this Warrant, the term "Exercise
Price" shall mean the purchase price per share specified in Section 3 of this
Warrant, until the occurrence of an event stated in subsection (a), (b) or (c)
of this Section 5, and thereafter shall mean said price as adjusted from time to
time in accordance with the provisions of said subsection. No such adjustment
under this Section 5 shall be made unless such adjustment would change the
Exercise Price at the time by $.01 or more; provided, however, that all
adjustments not so made shall be deferred and made when the aggregate thereof
would change the Exercise Price at the time by $.01 or more. No adjustment made
pursuant to any provision of this Section 5 shall have the effect of increasing
the Exercise Price. The number of shares of Common Stock subject hereto shall
increase proportionately with each decrease in the Exercise Price.

     (f)  Adjustments: Additional Shares, Securities or Assets. In the event
that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 5,
the Holder of this Warrant shall, upon Exercise of this Warrant, become entitled
to receive shares and/or other securities or assets (other than Common Stock)
then, wherever appropriate, all references herein to shares of Common Stock
shall be deemed to refer to and include such shares and/or other securities or
assets; and thereafter the number of such shares and/or

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other securities or assets shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a
manner and upon terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions of
this Section 5.

     6.   Fractional Interests.
          --------------------

          No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be
issuable upon the Exercise of this Warrant, but on Exercise of this Warrant, the
Holder hereof may purchase only a whole number of shares of Common Stock.  If,
on Exercise of this Warrant, the Holder hereof would be entitled to a fractional
share of Common Stock or a right to acquire a fractional share of Common Stock,
such fractional share shall be disregarded and the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion shall be the next higher number of shares.

     7.   Reservation of Shares.
          ---------------------

          The Company shall at all times reserve for issuance such number of
authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock (or other securities substituted
therefor as herein above provided) as shall be sufficient for Exercise and
payment of the Exercise Price of this Warrant. The Company covenants and agrees
that upon Exercise of this Warrant, all shares of Common Stock issuable upon
such Exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and
not subject to preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights of
any person or entity.

     8.   Resales
          -------

          Any resales of this Warrant and the Common Stock underlying this
Warrant shall be made in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     9.   Benefits of this Warrant.
          ------------------------

          Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to confer upon any person
other than the Company and the Holder of this Warrant any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Warrant and this Warrant shall be for the sole
and exclusive benefit of the Company and the Holder of this Warrant.

     10.  Applicable Law.
          --------------

          This Warrant is issued under and shall for all purposes be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Nevada, without giving
effect to conflict of law provisions thereof.

     11.  Loss of Warrant.
          ---------------

          Upon receipt by the Company of evidence of the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and (in the case of loss, theft or
destruction) of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Company,
and upon surrender and cancellation of

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this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant
of like tenor and date.

     12.  Notice or Demands.
          -----------------

Notices or demands pursuant to this Warrant to be given or made by the Holder of
this Warrant to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and
addressed, until another address is designated in writing by the Company, to
Attention:  President, Nanopierce Technologies, Inc., 370 17th Street, Suite
3580, Denver, Colorado 80202, Attention: President, Telephone No. (303)592-1010,
Telecopy No. (303)592-1054.  Notices or demands pursuant to this Warrant to be
given or made by the Company to or on the Holder of this Warrant shall be
sufficiently given or made if sent by certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, and addressed, to the address of the Holder
set forth in the Company's records, until another address is designated in
writing by Holder.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Warrant as of the
19/th/ day of  October, 2000.

                             NANOPIERCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                             By:  ________________________________

                             Print Name:   Paul H. Metzinger

                             Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President

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                                   EXHIBIT A

                                 EXERCISE FORM

                       TO:  NANOPIERCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

     The undersigned hereby irrevocably exercises the right to purchase
____________ of the shares of Common Stock of NANOPIERCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a
Nevada corporation (the "Company"), evidenced by the attached Warrant, and
herewith makes payment of the Exercise Price with respect to such shares in
full, all in accordance with the conditions and provisions of said Warrant.

1.   The undersigned agrees not to offer, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of
any of Common Stock obtained on exercise of the Warrant, except in accordance
with the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Warrant.

2.   The undersigned requests that stock certificates for such shares be issued
free of any restrictive legend, and a warrant representing any unexercised
portion hereof be issued, pursuant to the Warrant in the name of the Registered
Holder and delivered to the undersigned at the address set forth below:

Dated:

________________________________________________________________________
                         Signature of Registered Holder

________________________________________________________________________
                       Name of Registered Holder (Print)

________________________________________________________________________
                               Non-U.S. Address

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                                   EXHIBIT B

                                   ASSIGNMENT

                    (To be executed by the registered Holder
                       desiring to transfer the Warrant)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned Holder of the attached Warrant hereby sells,
assigns and transfers unto the person or persons below named the right to
purchase _______ shares of the Common Stock of NANOPIERCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
evidenced by the attached Warrant and does hereby irrevocably constitute and
appoint _______________________ attorney to transfer the said Warrant on the
books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:                                    ______________________________
                                                    Signature

Fill in for new Registration of Warrant:

_________________________________________
               Name

_________________________________________
             Address

_________________________________________
Please print name and address of assignee
(including zip code number)

_______________________________________________________________________

NOTICE

The signature to the foregoing Exercise Form or Assignment must correspond to
the name as written upon the face of the attached Warrant in every particular,
without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

________________________________________________________________________

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