Exhibit  31.1

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

I, A. Cameron Richardson, 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)) and internal control over
     financial  reporting  (as  defined  in the 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
          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)   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  the  financial  reporting  and  the  preparation  of
          financial  statements  for  external  purposes  in  accordance  with
          generally  accepted  accounting  principles;

     c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants 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 registrant's internal
          control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's
          first  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:  April 19, 2004             BY:  /s/ A.  Cameron  Richardson
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                                           A.  Cameron  Richardson
                                           President and Chief Financial Officer


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