Exhibit
31.1
 Certification
required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a)
 
 I, Tim
Hunt, certify that:
 
 1.           I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of HuntMountain Resources
Ltd.
 
 2.           Based
on my knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly
report;
 
 3.           Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this quarterly 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 quarterly report;
 
 4.           The
registrants other certifying officer(s) 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
we 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 control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control 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 purposes.
 
 (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 registrant’s 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;
 
 5.           The
registrant’s other certifying officer(s) 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 (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 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 controls over financial
reporting.
 
 Date
      August 14, 2008/s/ Tim HuntTim
      Hunt, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer(Principal
      Executive Officer)