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**Exhibit        31.2**

**CERTIFICATION**

| 1. | I                  have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Crested                  Corp.; |
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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 period 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 officers and I are responsible for                  establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures                  (as                  defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-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 period                  covered by this report based on such evaluation;                  and |
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|   | c. | Disclosed                  in this report any change in the resented in the registrant's internal                  control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's                  most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter                  in the                  case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably                  likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control                  over                  financial reporting; and; |
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| 5. | The                  registrant's other certifying officers 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 equivalent                  functions): |
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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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