Exhibit 31.1

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

I, Gordon Banks, certify that:

          1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the
quarter ended March 31, 2004 of GVC Venture Corp.;

          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)) 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)       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

          (c)       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


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          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 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.


Date: May 14, 2004
                                        /s/ Gordon Banks
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                                        Gordon Banks
                                        President (Principal Executive
                                        Officer) and Director


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