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Exhibit 99.5

CERTIFICATION

I, Michael Kinley, certify that:

1.      I have reviewed this annual
report on Form 40-F of International Tower Hill Mines Ltd.;

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 issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in
this report;

4.      The 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 controls over financial reporting (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-5(f) for the 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 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 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
issuer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 issuers internal control over
financial reporting; and

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

|Date: August 26, 2011 | By: | /s/
      Michael Kinley      
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|                      |     | Name: Michael Kinley          
|                      |     | Title: Chief Financial Officer

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