**EXHIBIT31.1**

 

**GATEWAYENERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES**

 

**Section 302 Certification of Principal Executive Officer and ChiefExecutive Officer**

 

I,John A. Raasch, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)certify that:

 

1.               I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form10-QSB of Gateway Energy Corporation;

 

2.               Based on my knowledge, this report does notcontain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report;

 

3.               Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report, fairlypresent in all material respects the financial condition, results of operationsand cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport;

 

4.               The registrant’sother certifying officer and I are the registrant’s former Chief ExecutiveOfficer were responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controlsand procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 (e) and 15d-15 (e) forthe registrant and, based on my knowledge, have:

 

a)                                      designed such disclosure controls andprocedures or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder my supervision to ensure that material information relating to theregistrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared;

 

b)                                     evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the endof the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

c)                                      disclosed in this report any change in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during theregistrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarterin the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonablylikely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting; and

 

5.               The registrant’s other certifying officer andI have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee ofregistrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):

 

a)                                      all significant deficiencies or materialweaknesses known to me in thedesign or operation of internal control over financial reporting which arereasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)                                     any fraud known to me, whether or not material, that involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting.

 

6.               On November 1,2004, I was appointed by the Board of Directors of the registrant to act asinterim President and Chief Executive Officer of the registrant after the endof the financial periods discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form10-QSB.  Accordingly, my knowledge of thefacts described in this certification is very limited.

 

 
| Date: November 16, 2004 | /s/ John A. Raasch                                          |   |
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|                         | John A. Raasch                                              |
|                         | President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer |

 

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