EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In
connection with the accompanying Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of New Frontier
Energy, Inc. (the Company) for the quarter ended August 31, 2009, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, the undersigned, in
the capacity and date indicated below, hereby certifies that:

1. I have
reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of New Frontier Energy, Inc.;

2. Based on my
knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly report;

3. Based on my
knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for,
the periods presented in this quarterly report;

4. The
Company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) 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 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 Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
  is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
  period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;
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| | (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;              
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| | (c)
  evaluated the effectiveness of the Company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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| | (d)
  disclosed in this report any change in the Companys internal control over
  financial reporting that occurred during the Companys most recent fiscal
  quarter (the Companys fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report)
  that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
  the Companys internal control over financial reporting; and           

5. The
Companys other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
Companys auditors and the audit committee of Company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 Company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 Companys internal control over financial
  reporting.                                                                                                 

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|Date: October
  20, 2009 | By: | /s/ Paul G.
  Laird                                    
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|                         |     | Paul G.
  Laird, President and Chief Executive Officer.

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