**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TOSECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

I, Nicholas Timothy Ferris, Chief Executive Officer of J-Pacific Gold Inc., certify that:
1.	I have reviewed this annual report of Form 20-F of J-Pacific Gold Inc.;
2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements weremade, 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, fairlypresent in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, andfor, the periods presented in the report;
4.	The company's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controlsand procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financialreporting (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 bedesigned under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company, including itsconsolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during theperiod in which this report is being prepared; b.	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financialreporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability offinancial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance withgeneral accepted accounting principles;c.	Evaluated the effectiveness of the company's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in thisreport our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of theperiod covered by this report based on such evaluation; andd.	Disclosed in this report and change in the company's internal control over financial reporting that occurredduring the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the company's internal control over financial reporting; and5.	The company's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internalcontrol over financial reporting, to the company's auditors and the audit committee of the company's board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a.	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control overfinancial reporting which are reasonable 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 significantrole in the company's internal control over financial reporting.Dated July 14, 2004
/s/ Nicholas Timothy Ferris Chief Executive OfficerJ-Pacific Gold Inc.