**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I, Gary C. Evans, chairman and chief executive officer of MAGNUM HUNTER RESOURCES CORPORATION (the “Company”), certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K/A of the Company;

 

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 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 officer 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 Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) 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;                              |
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|   | 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   financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external   purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;                                       |
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|   | c)     | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’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                                                                                                                  |
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|   | d)     | 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 (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of   an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to   materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial   reporting; and |
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5.           The registrant’s other certifying officer 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 weaknesses 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 information; and |
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|   | 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. |
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| Date: April 30, 2012 |
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| By:                       | /s/ Gary C. Evans |   |
|                      | **Gary C. Evans,** |   |
|                      | **Chairman and Chief Executive Officer** |   |

 

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