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Exhibit 31.1

ARGENTEX MINING CORPORATION OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

I, Christopher Ian Dyakowski, certify that:

1.
  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Argentex Mining Corporation,
  Inc.;

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 registrant's other certifying officers 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 quarterly
        report is being prepared;
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| | 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 general accepted accounting principles;                           
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| | 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;                                                                                                                         
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| | 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 officers 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 registrant's board of directors
  (or persons performing the equivalent function):

| | a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses
        in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting
        which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability
        to record, process, summarize and report financial data; and
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| | 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.                                                                                                

|Dated: December 3, 2004 | By: | /s/ CHRISTOPHER IAN DYAKOWSKI                      
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|                        |     | Christopher Ian Dyakowski                          
|                        |     | Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

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