Exhibit
31.01


CERTIFICATIONS





I, Blair
J. Merriam, certify that:





1.           I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Platina Energy Group
Inc.;





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 consolidated 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.
            The
      company’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)) 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 our supervision, to ensure that
material information relating to the company, 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 consolidated 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 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 company's internal controls over
financial reporting that occurred during the company's most recent fiscal
quarter (the company's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report)
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
company's internal controls over financial reporting; and





5.
            The
      company's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our
      most recent evaluation of internal controls 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 controls 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 controls over financial
reporting.





Date:
August 19, 2008


/s/ Blair
J. Merriam


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Blair J.
Merriam,


Chief
Executive Officer