Exhibit 31.1





CERTIFICATION
OF


CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER


PURSUANT
TO


SECTION
302(a) OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002





I,
Richard Kern, President, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer of
American Goldfields Inc. (the “Company”), certify that:





1.  I have reviewed the
Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended October 31,
2008;





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





4.  I am responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the
Company and have:





a.  Designed such disclosure
controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to
the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me 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 my 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
Company's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my
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 Company's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the Company's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over
financial reporting; and





5. I have disclosed, based on my most
recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company's
auditors and the audit committee of the Company'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
Company'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
Company's internal control over financial reporting.





Dated:
December 1, 2008





/s/
      Richard Kern
              Richard
      Kern, President,
              Chief
      Executive Officer,
              Secretary
      and Treasurer
              (Principal
      Executive Officer,
              Principal
      Financial Officer, and Principal Accounting
  Officer)