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Gold Stake Begins Making Transactions over the Internet with eConnect's eCashPad, a secured eCommerce Payment Option and Begins Pilot Program

CUPERTINO, California, November 1, 2001 - Chris Jensen, President of Gold Stake, Inc. (The "Company"), announced that the Company has made available through it's newly released nutritional supplementation e-Commerce site the ability for distributors and individual consumers to purchase health products as well as utilize eConnects (ECNC: OTCBB) eCashPad for additional secured payment options. We have already started making transactions and generating revenues on our eCommerce website using the revolutionary new eCashPad. We have ordered 100 eCashpads for a promotion on our website (www.Goldstake.net). All orders that we receive for the month of November on our website using the eCashPad customers will receive one free bottle of the Gold Dietary Mineral Supplement for every three bottles ordered. This represents a 25% discount for our customers. We have committed to buy up to 1000 eCashpads from eConnect over the next six months and intend to sell eCashPads through our e-Commerce site for $59.95.

eConnect's eCashPad is a revolutionary e-commerce device designed to allow easier and more secure transactions on the Internet. The eCashPad easily connects to your laptop or desktop with a USB port connection and through the use of a built-in magnetic card reader allows you to use your credit card for transactions over the Internet with eCashPad-enabled merchants. This device eliminates the need to type your credit card information when making a purchase. The security of your information is as secure as using a credit card at the grocery store or gas station. eCashPad provides a direct link between your card and the bank protecting your information from theft or disclosure through its "Bank Eyes Only" transaction. The eCashPad USB also features the future services of smart card and ATM card with PIN Internet payments.

Mr. Jensen stated, "We are committed to our distributors and consumers to provide secured e-commerce transactions. We have been following eConnect for sometime now and through our testing we feel that the product provides our customers with the ability to purchase our products without being concerned about disclosing their financial information. We have found that customers are most apprehensive of buying products over the Internet due to the continuous rise in credit card fraud from the current manual entry process of payment today. We offer the eCashPad as a solution for providing secured payment transactions. Consumers will be able to purchase from our e-Commerce site the eCashPad and it will be delivered directly to their home. It's easy to install and use-features provide an attractive solution for our customers. As a web merchant I am particularly excited about the lower discount rate we pay when receiving a Bank Eyes Only credit card present purchase and am very enthusiastic about credit card with PIN usage on an eCashPad

COMPANY PROFILE
Gold Stake, Inc. is an operating company incorporated in the State of Nevada to manufacture and deploy its nutritional based supplements to businesses and consumers.

CONTACT:
Gold Stake, Inc.
Chris Jensen
President
Phone: 800-523-4653
E-mail: goldstk@aol.com

Gold Stake Launches e-Commerce Nutritional Site

CUPERTINO, California, April 9, 2001 - Chris Jensen, President of Gold Stake, Inc. (the "Company"), announced that the Company has launched their nutritional supplementation e-Commerce site this week (www.Goldstake.net). The site will provide Internet on-goers as well as the Company's 2,500 distributors the ability to order its products on-line. Gold Stake through its e-Commerce site also plans to enable its customers to utilize eConnects ( ECNC: OTCBB ) eCashpad for additional secured payment options. Gold Stake is most known for it's all natural Dietary Mineral Supplement mined from ancient sea beds.

Dr. Ted Hayashida, M.D. Gardena, California stated, " Of the dietary mineral supplements I have tried, the Gold Stake Dietary mineral supplement is the best and does the most for my patients because the composition of the elements is unique. It is quickly digested and many of the elements carry oxygen in the oxide, hydroxide and dioxide form which provides health benefits not found in other mineral products".

Mr. Jensen stated, "this is a tremendous opportunity for Gold Stake in its continued growth of its business. We are continuing to address better customer service for our distributors. In the future, we look to add additional nutritional products to its e-Commerce health & wellness site in an effort to increase the overall health of individuals. The products efficacy is well beyond the traditional vitamin related products on the market. The level of individual health increase as represented by the documented testimonials again supports the role natural nutritional supplementation plays in the every day life of us all."

COMPANY PROFILE
Gold Stake, Inc. is an operating company incorporated in the State of Nevada to manufacture and deploy its nutritional based supplements to businesses and consumers.

CONTACT:
Gold Stake, Inc.
Chris Jensen President Phone:
800-523-4653
E-mail: goldstk@aol.com

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