EXHIBIT 31

                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

        CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14 OR 15D-14 OF THE SECURITIES
           EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF
                         THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Charles C. Mottley, certify that:

1. I have  reviewed  this Annual  Report on Form  10-KSB of El Capitan  Precious
Metals, Inc. (the "small business issuer");

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 periods presented in this report;

4. I am responsible for  establishing  and maintaining  disclosure  controls and
procedures  (as defined in Exchange Act Rules  13a-15(e) and  15d-15(e)) 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 my  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) [Paragraph omitted in accordance with SEC transition  instructions contained
in SEC Release 34-47986];

(c)  Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of the small  business  issuer's  disclosure
controls and  procedures  and presented in this report my  conclusion  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  that  has  materially  affected,  or is
reasonably  likely to materially  affect,  the small business  issuer's internal
control over financial reporting; and

5. I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial  reporting,  to the small  business  issuer's  auditors  and the audit
committee  of the  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
control over financial reporting.

Date: January 12, 2006
                                        /s/ Charles C. Mottley
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                                        Charles C. Mottley
                                        President & Chief Executive Officer