Exhibit 12.01  CERTIFICATION  I, Sean Boyd, certify that:  1.I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 20-F of Agnico-Eagle
Mines Limited (the Company);  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 Company as
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;  4.The Company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 13(a)-15(f) and
15d-15(f)) for the Company 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 Company, 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 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  (d)disclosed in this report any change in the Companys internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the
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 officer(s) 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 the Companys
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):  1


(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  (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.  By:
  /s/ Sean
  BoydSean Boyd
  Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer   Toronto, Canada
March 14,
2008  2