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EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Derek Bartlett, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this 10-QSB of
 Newport Gold, Inc.;
2. 
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 small business issuer as of, and for, the periods
 presented in this report;
4. The small business issuer's other certifying
 officer(s) 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 small business issuer and
 have:
 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
  small business issuer, 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;
  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;
  Evaluated the effectiveness of the small
  business issuer'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
  Disclosed in this report any change in the
  small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting that
  occurred during the small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the
  small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report)
  that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
  the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and
5. 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
  small business issuer, 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;
6. 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;
7. Evaluated the effectiveness of the small
  business issuer'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
8. Disclosed in this report any change in the
  small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting that
  occurred during the small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the
  small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report)
  that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
  the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and
9. The small business issuer's other certifying
 officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of
 internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer's
 auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer's board of
 directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
  
 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 small business
  issuer's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
  information; and
  Any fraud, whether or not material, that
  involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the
  small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.
10. 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 small business
  issuer's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
  information; and
11. Any fraud, whether or not material, that
  involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the
  small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.



|Date: November 10, 2006 | /s/ Derek Bartlett                       
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|                        | Derek Bartlett, Chief Executive
  Officer







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