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**EXHIBIT      99.6 **

**CERTIFICATION      REQUIRED BY RULE 13a-14(a) OR RULE 15d-14(a)**

| 1. | I                have                reviewed this annual report on Form 40-F of Vermilion Energy                Trust; |
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| 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; |
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| 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                issuer as                of, and for, the periods presented in this                report; |
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| 4. | The                issuer's                other certifying officer 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)) for the issuer and                have: |
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|   | (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 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; |
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|   | (b) | Evaluated                the                effectiveness of the 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 |
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|   | (c) | Disclosed                in                this report any change in the issuer's internal control over financial                reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report                that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially                affect, the issuer's internal control over financial reporting;                and |
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| 5. | The                issuer's                other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most                recent                evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the issuer's                auditors and the audit committee of the issuer's board of directors                (or                persons performing the equivalent                functions): |
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|   | (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 issuer's ability to record,                process, summarize and report financial information;                and |
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|   | (b) | Any                fraud,                whether or not material, that involves management or other employees                who                have a significant role in the issuer's internal control over financial                reporting. |
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|                                               |   | **VERMILION                ENERGY TRUST (the Registrant)**              |   |
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|                                               |   |                                                                    |   |
| Date:                March                15, 2006 |   | By:                ***(“Lorenzo                Donadeo”)*** |   |
|                                               |   | Lorenzo                Donadeo                                          |   |
|                                               |   | President                and                Chief Executive Officer     |   |

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**CERTIFICATION      REQUIRED BY RULE 13a-14(a) OR RULE 15d-14(a)**

| 1. | I                have                reviewed this annual report on Form 40-F of Vermilion Energy                Trust; |
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| 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; |
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| 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                issuer as                of, and for, the periods presented in this                report; |
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| 4. | The                issuer's                other certifying officer 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)) for the issuer and                have: |
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|   | (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 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; |
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|   | (b) | Evaluated                the                effectiveness of the 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 |
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|   | (c) | Disclosed                in                this report any change in the issuer's internal control over financial                reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report                that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially                affect, the issuer's internal control over financial reporting;                and |
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| 5. | The                issuer's                other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most                recent                evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the issuer's                auditors and the audit committee of the issuer's board of directors                (or                persons performing the equivalent                functions): |
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|   | (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 issuer's ability to record,                process, summarize and report financial information;                and |
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|   | (b) | Any                fraud,                whether or not material, that involves management or other employees                who                have a significant role in the issuer's internal control over financial                reporting. |
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|                                               |   | **VERMILION                ENERGY TRUST (the Registrant)**                      |   |
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|                                               |   |                                                                            |   |
| Date:                March                15, 2006 |   | By:                * ****(“Curtis                W. Hicks”)*** |   |
|                                               |   | Curtis                W.                Hicks                                   |   |
|                                               |   | Executive                Vice President and Chief Financial Officer             |   |

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