CRITICALCONTROL SOLUTIONS (TSX-V: CCZ)
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Calgary, Alberta

CRITICALCONTROL IMPLEMENTS SOLUTION AT COUNTY OF ANOKA, MINNESOTA

CriticalControl Solutions Corp., (“CriticalControl” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: CCZ) is pleased to announce the successful implementation and deployment of a new computer assisted mass appraisal ("CAMA") solution for the County of Anoka, Minnesota. The project was delivered on time and under budget.

"We are very pleased with the CriticalControl team and the product they delivered to us. Our new CAMA system will allow our appraisers more time to actually perform the tasks we require of them and provide more timely and accurate information regarding the status of our annual assessment," said Mike Sutherland, Anoka County Assessor.

"We continue to build on our solid reputation as domain experts within the critical business of government. We have successfully penetrated the municipality market in Canada and are gaining momentum in the United States," said Alykhan Mamdani, President of CriticalControl.

About CriticalControl:

CriticalControl provides organizations better control over their mission critical information. We build, operate and support applications which gather, manage and disseminate information primarily in government and the energy sector. Our imaging service bureau and outsourcing offering is the front end document gathering and control service for numerous government departments. We provide high end content and information management expertise to our government and energy sector clients to manage and securely share their critical information. Using our core area of expertise, we have assembled industry leading information control applications for the energy sector. These applications include ezy-Ops, a leading materials management application for the upstream oil and gas sector and PipeWorks, an industry leading application for the operation of pipelines around the world. For more information, please visit www.criticalcontrol.com.

For further information, please contact:

Mr. George Watson
Chief Executive Officer
Tel: (403) 705-7500
Fax: (403) 705-7555
E-mail: george.watson@criticalcontrol.com

or

Mr. Alykhan Mamdani
President
Tel: (403) 705-7500
Fax: (403) 705-7555
E-mail: alykhan@criticalcontrol.com

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