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                                  EXHIBIT 31.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                  AND TREASURER
                PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A) (17 CFR 240.13A-14(A))

I, Bogdan C. Maglich, certify that:

1. I have reviewed  this annual report on Form 10-KSB of HiEnergy  Technologies,
Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary to make the statements
made, in light of the  circumstances  under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.  Based  on my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other  financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition,  results of operations and cash flows of the small business
issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible
for establishing and maintaining  disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange  Act Rules  13a-15(e)  and  15d-15(e))  and  internal  control  over
financial  reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules  13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))
for the small business issuer and have:

            (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
            disclosure   controls  and  procedures  to  be  designed  under  our
            supervision,  to ensure that  material  information  relating to the
            small business issuer, including its consolidated  subsidiaries,  is
            made  known to us by  others  within  those  entities,  particularly
            during the period in which this report is being prepared;

            (b) Designed  such internal  control over  financial  reporting,  or
            caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed
            under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
            reliability of financial  reporting and the preparation of financial
            statements  for  external  purposes  in  accordance  with  generally
            accepted accounting principles;

            (c)  Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of the small  business  issuer's
            disclosure  controls and procedures and presented in this report our
            conclusions about the  effectiveness of the disclosure  controls and
            procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based
            on such evaluation; and

            (d)  Disclosed  in this  report  any  change in the  small  business
            issuer's  internal  control over  financial  reporting that occurred
            during the small  business  issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the
            small  business  issuer's  fourth  fiscal  quarter in the case of an
            annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
            to materially  affect,  the small business issuer's internal control
            over financial reporting; and

5. The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,
based  on  our  most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over  financial
reporting,  to the small business  issuer's  auditors and the audit committee of
the small  business  issuer's  board of  directors  (or persons  performing  the
equivalent functions):

            (a) All  significant  deficiencies  and material  weaknesses  in the
            design or operation of internal  control  over  financial  reporting
            which are reasonably  likely to adversely  affect the small business
            issuer's ability to record, process,  summarize and report financial
            information; and

            (b) Any fraud, whether or not material,  that involves management or
            other  employees who have a significant  role in the small  business
            issuer's internal control over financial reporting.

6. The small business issuer's other certifying officers and I have indicated in
this annual report whether there were significant  changes in internal  controls
or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent
to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with
regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

Date:  December 22, 2003

                /s/ Bogdan C. Maglich
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            Bogdan C. Maglich,
            Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer


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