EXHIBIT 23.3




              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), and to the reference to our Firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Prospectus.

GELFOND HOCHSTADT PANGBURN, P.C.

/s/ Gelfond Hochstadt Pangburn, P.C.

Denver, Colorado
January 24, 2001