Exhibit 31.1
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                            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-Q 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) and internal
         controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
         13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) 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  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 controls over financial reporting, or
                    caused such internal controls 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 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  (the
                    registrants  fourth fiscal  quarter in the case of an annual
                    report)  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:   13 February, 2009

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

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