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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

                                                                 JAWSNEWSRELEASE

          JAWS TECHNOLOGIES INC. ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF CHICAGO-BASED
                            NUCLEUS CONSULTING, INC.

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, April 24, 2000 - JAWS Technologies Inc. announced
today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Nucleus Consulting Inc. of
Chicago, Illinois. Nucleus is a successful, private company founded in Chicago
in 1994 with an impressive global Fortune 500 client-base. The company
specializes on helping clients deploy cost-effective, reliable networked
solutions on a global, national and local scale.

"The acquisition of Nucleus provides an excellent opportunity for JAWS
Technologies to integrate our end-to-end security solutions model for the
benefit of Nucleus' network infrastructure clients and for existing JAWS
clientele," said Robert Kubbernus, Chairman and CEO, JAWS Technologies Inc.
"Nucleus brings us a team of six full-time highly motivated professional
business analysts with nearly 120 years combined experience in deploying
networked technologies. Nucleus clients include: Arthur Andersen, Salomon
Brothers (Citigroup), SunAmerica Financial (AIG Insurance), Zurich Insurance,
and Ingersoll Rand, just to name a few."

With a combined stock and cash total purchase price of US $4 million, Nucleus
owners will be compensated with an initial payment of US $1 million and up to
428,000 shares of JAWS stock issued over the next two years. The terms of the
agreement allow for the release of stock payment based on the successful
achievement of quarterly performance targets.

Nucleus will remain in their current location in Chicago, however the combined
entity will operate under the JAWS brand," added Kubbernus. "We look forward to
working with our new employees and clients - and having them lead the way
through JAWS University, our comprehensive knowledge management program
announced earlier this year. Further, we anticipate that from Chicago we can
service the American mid-west in all of our business areas, but especially
through our financial services and healthcare verticals."

It is anticipated that the acquisition of Nucleus should immediately allow for a
$4 million annualized increase in revenue to JAWS, not including the advantages
given to new sales of JAWS' products and services which will be generated
through this acquisition.

"Over the last 12 months I have been looking for the right opportunities to
allow Nucleus to effectively meet the increasing demands of our customers," said
Chuck Ehredt, President of Nucleus Consulting Inc. "With the dramatic increase
in worldwide demand for information security services, we needed to find a
strong and aggressive partner to help us meet our customer needs and
requirements. In JAWS, we found an ideal combination of services, products, and
relationships/alliances that will allow us to compete as a significant global
security services company."

Ehredt added, "We believe the services which JAWS can add to our core
competencies will allow us to increase services to existing clients by an
additional 40 to 50 per cent, and appeal to a significant number of prospective
clients."

                                                                 JAWSNEWSRELEASE

ABOUT NUCLEUS CONSULTING, INC.




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Nucleus Consulting is an international consulting firm focused on providing
their clients with efficient enterprise networked solutions to their information
management requirements. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Nucleus integrates
traditional Local Area Networks (LANs), Wide Area Networks (WANs), computer
systems and manual processes to provide enterprise-wide networked solutions to
streamline business practices. Nucleus targets industries including financial
markets, retail banking, transportation, healthcare, manufacturing and
professional services. For more information, visit the company's website at
www.nucleusconsulting.com

ABOUT JAWS TECHNOLOGIES: "INFORMATION IS POWER. PROTECT IT."

JAWS Technologies is a leader in secure information management solutions
including security software products, consulting services and secure Internet
and remote data storage services for key client groups including governments,
law enforcement, healthcare, legal and accounting, financial services,
e-commerce, internet service providers and application service providers. JAWS'
western business unit is in Calgary, Canada, its eastern business unit is
located in Toronto, Canada, with offices in Edmonton, Boston, New Jersey,
Chicago and California. JAWS has over one hundred and forty employees, twenty
five strategic partners, approximately 100 corporate clients, over 300
authorized re-sellers and has distributed approximately 580,000 copies of JAWS
XMAIL, a secure messaging email software program. JAWS Technologies is traded on
the NASDAQ National Markets, under the symbol JAWZ. For more information, visit
the company's website at www.jawstech.com or call 1-888-301-5297.

Forward-looking statements and comments in this press release are made pursuant
to safe harbor provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such
statements relating to, among other things, the prospects for the companies to
complete the transaction and enhance operating results, are necessarily subject
to risks and uncertainties, some of which are significant in scope and nature.
These risks may be further discussed in periodic reports and registration
statements to be filed by the Company from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in the future.

For more information, please contact:

Media:
Leanne Bucaro
Director, Media Communications
JAWS Technologies Inc.
416-708-4488
lbucaro@jawstech.com

Investors:
Kerk Hilton
Vice President, Investor Relations
JAWS Technologies Inc.
Toll Free: 1.888.301.5297
403-508-5055
investors@jawstech.com