**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEYACT OF 2002**

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I, James P. Foran of JPX Global, Inc. (the“Company”), certify that:

 

1.       Ihave reviewed this 10-K of the Company;

 

2.       Basedon my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessaryto make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect tothe period covered by this report;

 

3.       Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all materialrespects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented inthis report;

 

4.       As the Company's sole certifying officer I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (asdefined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Company and have:

 

a.       Designedsuch 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 Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by otherswithin those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b.       Designedsuch internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under oursupervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financialstatements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c.       Evaluatedthe effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectivenessof the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d.       Disclosedin this report any change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company's most recentfiscal quarter (the Company's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonablylikely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.       As the Company's sole certifying officerI have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the Company's auditors and the audit committee of the Company's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):

 

a.       Allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting whichare reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;and

 

b.       Anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company's internalcontrol over financial reporting.

 

Date:	April 17, 2017

 

/s/ James P. Foran

James P. Foran

Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer