**Exhibit99.2**

 

**Certification**

**Pursuantto Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002**

 

I, Marshall Koval, certify that:

 

1.             Ihave reviewed this annual report on Form 40-F of Northern Peru Copper Corp.;

 

2.             Based on my knowledge, this annual reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this annual report;

 

3.             Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this annual report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periodspresented in this annual report;

 

4.             The registrant’s other certifying officer andI are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) for theregistrant and have:

 

a.             Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to theregistrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisannual report is being prepared;

 

b.             Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of theend of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

c.             Disclosed in this report any change in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during theperiod covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and

 

5.             The registrant’s other certifying officer andI have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee ofregistrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):

 

a.             All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the issuer’s abilityto record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b.             Any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in theissuer’s internal control over financial reporting.

 
| Date: September 18, 2007 |   |               |                    |   |
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|                     |   | /s/ Marshall Koval |                    |
|                     |   | By:                | Marshall Koval          |
|                     |   | Title:             | Chief Executive Officer |
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I, Sandra Lim, certify that:

 

1.             Ihave reviewed this annual report on Form 40-F of Northern Peru Copper Corp.;

 

2.             Based on my knowledge, this annual reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this annual report;

 

3.             Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this annual report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periodspresented in this annual report;

 

4.             The registrant’s other certifying officer andI are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) for theregistrant and have:

 

a.             Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to theregistrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by otherswithin those entities, particularly during the period in which this annualreport is being prepared;

 

b.             Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of theend of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

c.             Disclosed in this report any change in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during theperiod covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and

 

5.             The registrant’s other certifying officer andI have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee ofregistrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):

 

a.             All significant deficiencies and material weaknessesin the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting whichare 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, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in theissuer’s internal control over financial reporting.

 
| Date: September 18, 2007 |           |                    |
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|                     | /s/ Sandra Lim | ** **              |
|                     | By:            | Sandra Lim              |
|                     | Title:         | Chief Financial Officer |
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