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-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)) 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:   May 13, 2008

                                    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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