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CERTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
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|  1.       |           | I have reviewed this      Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of Platina Energy Group Inc.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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|  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;                                                                              |
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|  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      registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this Annual      Report;                                                                                                 |
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|  4.       |           | The registrant's      other certifying officer(s) 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)) for the      registrant and have:                                                                   |
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|           |  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 annual 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 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 registrant's internal controls that occurred      during registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially      affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, registrant's      internal controls; and                                                                                                                                                         |
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|  5.       |           | The      registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our      most recent evaluation of internal controls, to the registrant's auditors      and the audit committee of registrant's Board of  Directors:                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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|           |  a)       | all      significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or      operation of internal controls which are reasonably likely to adversely      affect 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      controls.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |

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| Date:      June 14, 2008 | By:    | /s/       Blair J. Merriam     |   |
|                     |   | Name:      Blair J. Merriam         |   |
|                     |   | Title:      Chief Executive Officer |   |
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