Exhibit 31.1
                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                     SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13A-14(a)

I, Joseph Gutnick, certify that:

1.       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Golden River
         Resources Corporation ("Registrant");

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

4.       The Registrant's other certifying officer 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 their 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 pursuant to SEC Release Nos. 33-8238 and 34-47986]

     (c) 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

     (d)  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 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 and I have disclosed, based
         on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
         reporting, to the Registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
         Registrant's board of directors:

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     (a) all  significant  deficiencies  and material  weaknesses  the design or
         operation of internal  control over  financial  reporting  which are
         reasonably likely  to  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:   February 14, 2008

                             /s/____Joseph I. Gutnick__________
                             Name: Joseph I. Gutnick
                             Title:  Chairman of the Board, President
                             and Chief Executive Officer

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