BDO BDO Dunwoody LLP 102 - 100 Front Street Chartered Accountants Penticton British Columbia Canada and Consultants V2A 1H1 Telephone: (250) 492-6020 Telefax: (250) 492-8110 CONSENT OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS First Cypress Technologies, Inc. 910 - 510 Burrard Street Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3A8 We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting part of this Registration Statement of our report dated January 21, 2000, relating to the financial statements of First Cypress Technologies, Inc., which is contained in that Prospectus. We also consent to the reference to us under the caption "Interests of Named Experts and Counsel" in the Prospectus. /s/ BDO DUNWOODY LLP Chartered Accountants Penticton, British Columbia January 4, 2001 BDO Dunwoody LLP is a Limited Liability Partnership registered in Ontario