EXHIBIT 99.1

                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                          ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
                     INTREPID TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCES, INC.

          Pursuant  to  Title 30, Chapter 1, Idaho Code, Intrepid Technology and
Resources,  inc. has adopted the following Articles of Amendment to its Articles
of  Incorporation:

                                        I

          The name of the corporation is Intrepid Technology and Resources, Inc.

                                       II

          The  following  amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was adopted
by  the  directors  and  presented  to  the shareholders of the corporation at a
meeting  of  the  shareholders on December 14, 2004, in the manner prescribed by
the  Idaho  Business  Corporation  Act:

          Article  V  of  the  Articles  of Incorporation was amended to read as
follows:

          The  total number of shares which the corporation shall have
          authority  to  issue  is:  three  hundred fifty-five million
          (355,000,000),  of  which  three  hundred  fifty  million
          (350,000,000) shares at the par value of $.005 each shall be
          designated  common  stock,  and  of  which  five  million
          (5,000,000)  shares  at the par value of $1.00 each shall be
          designated preferred stock.

          Shares of preferred stock may be issued from time to time in
          one  or more series, each of such series to have distinctive
          serial  designations  which may be by distinguishing number,
          letter,  or  title as shall hereafter be determined together
          with such voting powers, rights of redemption, dividends and
          liquidation  preferences  all  of  which  shall hereafter be
          determined  in  the  resolution or resolutions providing for
          the  issue of such preferred stock from time to time adopted
          by  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Company, pursuant to
          authority  so  to  do  which  is  hereby  conferred upon and
          invested in the Board of Directors.

                                       III

          The  number  of  shares  of the corporation outstanding at the time of
such  adoption  was 131,005,116 shares of common stock, and the number of shares
entitled  to  vote  thereon  was  120,366,819.

                                       IV
          The  number of shares voted for such amendment was 66,072,004, and the
number  of  shares  voted  against  such  amendment  was  8,038,363.

          DATED this 14th day of December, 2004.

                                    INTREPID TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCES, INC.

                                                            By: /s/Dennis Keiser
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                                                          Its: President and CEO
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