Exhibit 1(4)

                                                                          FORM 4
                            BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT
                               (SECTION 27 OR 171)


ALBERTA CONSUMER AND
CORPORATE AFFAIRS


                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

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1.       Name of Corporation                     2.   Corporate Access No.

         MIRABEAU 88 LIMITED                          20360267
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3.       The Articles of the above-named corporation are amended as follows:

         PURSUANT TO SECTION 167(1)(A) OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT, ITEM 1
         OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION IS HEREBY AMENDED TO CHANGE THE NAME
         OF THE CORPORATION FROM MIRABEAU 88 LIMITED TO


                                  XENOTECH INC.









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Date                            Signature                  Title

AUGUST 11, 1994                                            Solicitor & Agent
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For Department Use Only                                    Filed
                                  20360267
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                                                           CORPORATE ACCESS NO.





                                     ALBERTA

                            BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT


                                     Form 5


                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT


                             - MIRABEAU 88 LIMITED -
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                               Name of Corporation


I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE ARTICLES OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CORPORATION WERE
AMENDED.

   / /   UNDER SECTION 13 OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
         THE ATTACHED NOTICE:

   / /   UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT AS SET OUT IN THE
         ATTACHED ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT DESIGNATING A SERIES OF SHARES;

   /X/   UNDER SECTION 171 OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT AS SET OUT IN THE
         ATTACHED ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT;

   / /   UNDER SECTION 185 OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT AS SET OUT IN THE
         ATTACHED ARTICLES OF REORGANIZATION;

   / /   UNDER SECTION 186 OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT AS SET OUT IN THE
         ATTACHED ARTICLES OF ARRANGEMENT.



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                                         Registrar of Corporation

                                                     AUGUST 4, 1988
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                                         Date of Amendment





                            BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT
                               (SECTION 27 or 171)

ALBERTA Consumer and Corporate Affairs                     ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
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1.       NAME OF CORPORATION             2.       CORPORATE ACCESS NUMBER:

         MIRABEAU RESOURCES LIMITED               20360267
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3.       THE ARTICLES OF THE ABOVE-NAMED CORPORATION ARE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:

         Pursuant to Section 167(1)(a), the name of the Corporation is changed
         to MIRABEAU 88 LIMITED and paragraph one (1) of the Articles of
         Incorporation is amended to read:

         "1.      The name of the corporation is MIRABEAU 88 LIMITED".

         Pursuant to Section 167(1)(f) of the Business Corporations Act
         (Alberta) the Corporation will consolidate the Five Million (5,000,000)
         issued and outstanding Common Shares in the capital of the Corporation
         into One Million (1,000,000) issued and outstanding Common Shares
         (hereinafter in the said paragraph called "Common Shares") on the basis
         that each five (5) of the said Five Million (5,000,000) issued and
         outstanding Common Shares shall become one (1) Common Share, provided
         however, that any person who on the date of these articles of amendment
         become effective is a registered holder on the records of the
         Corporation of a number of Common Shares not divisible by five (5)
         shall not be entitled to be entered on the set records of the
         Corporation as the holder of one-fifth (1/5th) of the Common Share, in
         respect of the odd Common Share or Common Shares held by such person or
         to receive a certificate thereof, but in lieu thereof any such persons
         shall be entitled to receive in respect of each such odd Common Share
         on the surrender of the certificate or certificates representing issued
         and outstanding Common Shares without par value in the capital of the
         Corporation an non-voting and non-dividend bearing transferable
         fractional bearer a certificate in the form approved by the board of
         directors of the Corporation representing one-fifth (1/5th) of the
         Common Share and entitling such bearer to receive upon the surrender of
         such fractional certificate accompanied four (4) similar fractional
         certificates sufficient on consolidation thereof to make up a whole
         Common Share a certificate representing one (1) Common Share; such
         fractional certificates shall not entitled the bearer thereof prior to
         surrender thereof for consolidation as aforesaid to any dividends in
         respect of the fraction of a Common Share represented thereby or to
         vote at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation; any
         dividends declared upon Common Shares the holders of such shares of
         record as of a date prior to such surrender for consolidation as
         aforesaid shall be paid to the first holder of record of a Common Share
         issued upon such surrender of fractional certificates for consolidation
         as aforesaid.


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6.       DATE                   SIGNATURE                         TITLE

         JULY 28, 1988     -----------------------               DIRECTOR
                             JOHN N. CAMPBELL
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FOR DEPARTMENTAL USE ONLY                                         FILED