**EXHIBIT 12.1**

**CERTIFICATION**

I, Joseph P. Hebert, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 20-F of Miranda Gold Corp.;

 

2. Based onmy knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary tomake the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to theperiod covered by this report;

 

3. Based onmy 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. The company'sother certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as definedin Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-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 period covered bythis annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company's internal control overfinancial reporting.

 

5. The company'sother certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,to the company's auditors and the audit committee of company's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

 

a) All significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonablylikely to adversely affect the company's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b) Any fraud,whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the company's internal controlover financial reporting.

 

Date: December 19, 2016

 

Joseph P. Hebert

*By: /s/ "Joseph P. Hebert"*

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

A signed original of this written statementrequired by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities andExchange Commission or its staff upon request.