Exhibit  31.1

      Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
            Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I,  Klaus  Eckhof,  certify  that:

1.   I have  reviewed  this  Form  10-QSB  of  Aurora  Gold  Corporation;

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  registrant  as  of,  and  for,  the  periods presented in this report;

4.   The registrant's  other  certifying  officers  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 Registrant 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
          registrant,  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  registrants  disclosure
          controls  and  procedures  and  presented  in  this interim report our
          conclusions  about  the  effectiveness  of the disclosure controls and
          procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this interim report
          based  on  such  evaluation;  and

     c)   Disclosed  in  this  report  any  change  in the registrant's internal
          control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's
          most  recent  fiscal  quarter  that  has  materially  affected,  or is
          reasonably  likely  to  materially  affect,  the registrant's internal
          control  over  financial  reporting;

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

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

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


Date:  July  24,  2006                BY:  /s/  Klaus  Eckhof
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                                           Klaus  Eckhof
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer