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EXHIBIT 12.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Kenneth D. Cunningham, certify that:

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

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 Annual Report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The company'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 company 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
company, 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;

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;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the
company'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 the annual report based on such
evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change
in the company's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the period covered by this annual report that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the company's internal control over
financial reporting; and

5. The company's other certifying officer 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 significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely 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 control over financial reporting.

Date: March 15, 2006

Kenneth D. Cunningham By: /s/ "Kenneth D. Cunningham"
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

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

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