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EXHIBIT 31.1

|CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO                    
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|18 U.S.C. ss 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO    
|SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, James Sikora, certify that:

|1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Tao
      Minerals Ltd.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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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 small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented
      in this report;                                                               
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|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):
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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 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.

Date: 12/22/08

/s/ James SikoraTitle: Chief Executive Officer

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