INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S CONSENT

We consent to the use in this Post  Effective  Amendment  No. 1 to  Registration
Statement  No.  333-38665 of PYR Energy  Corporation  on Form SB-2 of our report
dated  October 26, 1998,  except for Note 10(c) as to which the date is November
23,  1998,  relating  to the  financial  statements  of PYR  Energy  Corporation
appearing in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.

We also  consent to the  reference  to us under the  heading  "Experts"  in such
Prospectus.



                                                 /s/  Wheeler Wasoff, P.C.
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                                                 WHEELER WASOFF, P.C.


Denver, Colorado
March 24, 1999