| 1.   | I      have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Argan,      Inc.; |
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| 2.   | Based      on my knowledge, this 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 periods covered by this    report; |
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| 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; |
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| 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), 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 report      is being prepared;  |
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| b)   | 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 periods covered by      this report based on such evaluation; and                                                                                                |
| c)   | 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 that has materially affected, or      is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s      internal control over financial reporting;and                                                                |

| 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 equivalentfunctions): |
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| 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:      December 12, 2008 | By:   | /s/ Rainer H.      Bosselmann                        |
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|                         |            | Rainer      H. Bosselmann                                                                                                                                                    |
|                         |            | Chairman      of the Board and Chief ExecutiveOfficer                                                                                                                        |

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