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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

                                  CERTIFICATION

I, John Kang, certify that:

     1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Liquidmetal
          Technologies, Inc.;

     2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
          statement of a material fact or omit 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 registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
          report;

     4.   The registrant'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)) for the
          registrant 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
     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;

               (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

               (c)  Disclosed in this report any change 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

     5.   The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,
          based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
          reporting, to the registrant's auditor's and the audit committee of
          the registrant'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

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     adversely affect the registrant'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 registrant's internal
     control over financial reporting.

Date: November 14, 2003                            /s/  John Kang
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                                                   John Kang, President and
                                                   Chief Executive Officer