EXHIBIT 99.1

                               AMENDMENT NUMBER 1
                                       TO
                          SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

     This  Amendment  to  the  Securities  Purchase Agreement (the "Amendment"),
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effective  as  of  this  8th  day  of  December  2004,  is by and among Intrepid
Technology  &  Resources,  Inc. (the "Company") and Cornell Capital Partners, LP
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("Buyer").
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     WHEREAS,  the  Company  and  the Buyer entered into that certain Securities
Purchase  Agreement  on  October  13,  2004  (the  "Agreement");  and
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     WHEREAS,  both  parties  desire to amend the Agreement as set forth herein;

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of  the  mutual promises and covenants
contained  herein,  the  parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

I.   AMENDMENTS.
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     A.     SECOND  RECITAL.  The  Second Recital of the Agreement is deleted in
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its  entirety and the following language shall replace the Second Recital of the
Agreement:

     WHEREAS,  the  parties  desire  that,  upon  the  terms  and subject to the
conditions  contained  herein, the Company shall issue and sell to the Buyer(s),
as  provided  herein,  and the Buyer(s) shall purchase up to Seven Hundred Fifty
Thousand  Dollars ($750,000) of secured convertible debentures (the "Convertible
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Debentures"),  which  shall  be  convertible into shares of the Company's common
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stock,  par  value  $0.005  (the  "Common Stock") (as converted, the "Conversion
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Shares") of which Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000) shall be funded
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on  the fifth (5th) business day following the date hereof (the "First Closing")
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and Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) shall be funded on the fifth (5th)
business  day  following  the date the registration statement (the "Registration
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Statement")  is filed, pursuant the Investor Registration Rights Agreement dated
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October 13, 2004, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC")  (the  "Second  Closing")  (individually  referred  to  as  a  "Closing"
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collectively referred to as the "Closings"), for a total purchase price of up to
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Seven  Hundred  Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000), (the "Purchase Price") in the
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respective  amounts  set  forth  opposite  each Buyer(s) name on Schedule I (the
"Subscription  Amount"),  provided,  however, the Buyer's obligation to fund the
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Second  Closing is conditioned upon the Company increasing its authorized shares
of  Common Stock to at least Two Hundred Fifty Million (250,000,000) shares; and

     B.     SECTION  1(b).  Section  1(b)  of  the  Agreement  is deleted in its
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entirety and the following language shall replace Section 1(b) of the Agreement:

          (b)     Closing  Date.  First  Closing of the purchase and sale of the
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Convertible  Debentures  shall take place at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on
the  fifth (5th) business day following the date hereof, subject to notification
of  satisfaction  of the conditions to the First Closing set forth herein and in
Sections  6  and  7  below  (or  such later date as is mutually agreed to by the
Company  and  the Buyer(s)) (the "First Closing Date") and the Second Closing of
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the  purchase  and  sale of the Convertible Debentures shall take place at 10:00
a.m.  Eastern  Standard  Time on the fifth (5th) business day following the date
the  Registration  Statement  is  filed with the SEC, subject to notification of
satisfaction  of  the  conditions  to the Second Closing set forth herein and in
Sections  6  and  7  below  (or  such later date as is mutually agreed to by the
Company  and the Buyer(s)) (the "Second Closing Date") (collectively referred to
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a  the  "Closing  Dates"), provided, however, the Buyer's obligation to fund the
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Second  Closing is conditioned upon the Company increasing its authorized shares
of  Common Stock to at least Two Hundred Fifty Million (250,000,000) shares. The
Closing  shall occur on the respective Closing Dates at the offices of Yorkville
Advisors, LLC, 3700 Hudson Street, Suite 3700, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302 (or
such  other  place  as  is  mutually agreed to by the Company and the Buyer(s)).


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     C.     SECTION  4(l).  Section  4(l)  of  the  Agreement  is deleted in its
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entirety and the following language shall replace Section 4(l) of the Agreement:

          (l)     Restriction  on  Issuance of the Capital Stock. So long as any
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Convertible Debentures are outstanding, the Company shall not, without the prior
written  consent  of  the  Buyer(s),  issue  or  sell  shares of Common Stock or
Preferred  Stock (i) without consideration or for a consideration per share less
than  the  Bid  Price  of  the  Common Stock determined immediately prior to its
issuance,  (ii)  any  warrant,  option, right, contract, call, or other security
instrument  granting  the  holder  thereof,  the  right  to acquire Common Stock
without  consideration  or for a consideration less than such Common Stock's Bid
Price  value determined immediately prior to it's issuance, (iii) enter into any
security  instrument  granting  the  holder  a  security interest in any and all
assets  of  the  Company,  or  (iv) file any registration statement on Form S-8.
Notwithstanding  the  foregoing  restriction,  the  Company  may  file  one  (1)
registration  statement  on Form S-8 (the "Permitted Form S-8 Registration") for
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1,000,000  shares,  provided  however,  the Company shall not issue or grant any
shares  pursuant  to  the Permitted Form S-8 Registration until at least six (6)
months  after  the  date  the  Registration  Statement  becomes  effective

     D.     SECTION  7(h).  Section  7(h)  of  the  Agreement  is deleted in its
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entirety and the following language shall replace Section 7(h) of the Agreement:

          (h)     The  Buyer's  obligation  to  fund  the  Second  Closing  is
conditioned upon the Company increasing its authorized shares of Common Stock to
at  least  Two  Hundred  Fifty  Million  (250,000,000)  shares.

II.  MISCELLANEOUS.
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     A.   Except  as  provided  hereinabove,  all  of  the  terms and conditions
          contained  in  the  Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force
          and  effect.

     B.   This  Amendment  is  made pursuant to and in accordance with the terms
          and  conditions  of  the  Agreement.

     C.   All  capitalized  but  not  defined terms used herein shall have those
          meanings  ascribed  to  them  in  the  Agreement.

     D.   All  provisions  in  the  Agreement  and  any amendments, schedules or
          exhibits  thereto  in conflict with this Amendment shall be and hereby
          are  changed  to  conform  to  this  Amendment.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Amendment have caused the execution
of  this  Amendment  as  of  the  day  and  year  first  above  written.


                                        COMPANY:
                                        INTREPID TECHNOLOGY & RESOURCES, INC.


                                        By: /s/ Dr. Dennis D. Keiser
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                                        Name:   Dr. Dennis D. Keiser
                                        Title:  President & CEO


                                        BUYER:
                                        CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP

                                        BY:     YORKVILLE ADVISORS, LLC
                                        ITS:    GENERAL PARTNER


                                        By: /s/ Mark Angelo
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                                        Name:   Mark Angelo
                                        Title:  Portfolio Manager


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