Exhibit 23.3

Consent


              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
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We consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form SB-2 of our report
dated June 30, 2000, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Rich
Coast Inc. and subsidiaries as of and for the year-end April 30, 2000 (which
describes an uncertainty as to the Company's ability to continue as a going
concern), to the use of the unaudited consolidated financial statements for the
quarter ended July 31, 2000, and to the reference to our Firm under the caption
"Experts" in the Prospectus.


GELFOND HOCHSTADT PANGBURN, P.C.

Denver, Colorado
October 24, 2000