EXHIBIT 31(i)
 CERTIFICATION
 
 I, Delmar
Janovec, as Chief Executive Officer and the person performing functions similar
to that of a Principal Financial Officer of AmeriResource Technologies, Inc.
(the “Company”), certify that:
 
 1.         I
have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 of
theCompany;
 
 2.         Based
on my knowledge, this annual 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 annual
report;
 
 3.         Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this annual 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 annual report;
 
 4.         The
small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I am 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 my supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to myself by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this annual report is being
prepared;
 
 (b)           designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control
over financial reporting to be designed under my 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 my 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 controls over
financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer’s most recent
fiscal year that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
effect, the small business issuer’s internal controls 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;
 
 (a)           all
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonable 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:
August 19, 2008
 
 _/s/ Delmar
Janovec______________________
 Delmar
Janovec
 Chief
Executive Officer and
 Principal
Financial Officer
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