CONSENT OF PROFESSIONAL
PEPPERMILL CAPITAL CORPORATION
1819 - Clarkson Road - Suite 204
Chesterfield, Missouri
63017
Re: Form S-4 Filing
Pursuant to the policies of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection
with the Form S-4A Filing ("the Statement") dated January 11, 2001 of Peppermill
Capital Corporation ("the Company"), the undersigned hereby states that we:
1. are the authors of the valuation report and related fairness opinion (the
"Report") dated December 2, 1999 pertaining to the Company and Varner
Technologies Inc. ("VTI"), a summary of which is contained in the Statement
of the Company;
2. hereby consent to the use of the name "Evans & Evans, Inc." in the
Statement and to the use of the summary of the Report in the Statement; and
3. have read the summary contained in the Statement and have no reason to
believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained
therein that are derived from the Report or as a result of the services
performed by Evans & Evans, Inc. in connection with the Report.
DATED at Vancouver, British Colombia, this 11th day of January, 2001.
EVANS & EVANS, INC.
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