Exhibit 31.1 Certification of Chief Executive and
Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act  I, Peter Dickie, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this report on
Form 10-Q of Universal Potash Corp. 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; 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
period 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: 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 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; 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 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 d. 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. 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 small business issuers board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): 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 small business issuer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 small business issuers internal controls over
financial reporting. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
certification as of the 18 day of August, 2008.     /s/ Peter Dickie President