**EXHIBIT 31(i)****CERTIFICATION**I, Delmar Janovec, as Chief Executive Officer and the person performing functions similar to thatof a Principal Financial Officer of AmeriResource Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), certify that:1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of the Company;2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a materialfact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this annual report;3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included inthis annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented inthis annual report;4. The small business issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I am responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-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 andprocedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relatingto the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known tomyself by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annualreport is being prepared;(b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal controlover financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonableassurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financialstatements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accountingprinciples;(c) evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer’s disclosure controlsand procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report basedon such evaluation; and(d) disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer’s internal controlsover financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer’s most recent fiscalyear that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially effect, the smallbusiness issuer’s internal controls over financial reporting; and5. The small business issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our mostrecent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer’sauditors 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 ofinternal control over financial reporting which are reasonable likely to adversely affectthe small business issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; 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 overfinancial reportingDate: November 21, 2005   /s/ Delmar Janovec   Delmar Janovec  Chief Executive Officer and  Principal Financial Officer  
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