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                                                                   Exhibit 31.1
                           CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO
                         RULES 13A-14 AND 15D-14 OF THE
                  SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


I, Robert Salna, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Dover Petroleum Corp.:

2.  Based on my  knowledge,  this  annual  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 annual
report;

3.  Based  on my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other  financial
information  included  in this annual  report,  fairly  present in all  material
respects the financial  condition,  results of operations  and cash flows of the
small  business  issuer as of, and for,  the  periods  presented  in this annual
report;

4. The small business  issuer'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  control  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 cause such
            disclosure   controls  and  procedures  to  be  designed  under  our
            supervision,  to ensure that  material  information  relating to the
            small business issuer, including its consolidated  subsidiaries,  is
            made  known to us by  others  within  those  entities,  particularly
            during the period in which this annual 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 principles.

            c)  evaluated  the  effectiveness  of the  small  business  issuer'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  small  business
            issuer's  internal  control over  financial  reporting that occurred
            during the small  business  issuer's most recent fiscal quarter that
            has  materially  affected,  or is  reasonably  likely to  materially
            affect,  the small business issuer's internal control over financial
            reporting.

5. The small business  issuer's other certifying  officers and I have disclosed,
based on our most  recent  evaluation  over  financial  reporting,  to the small
business  issuer's  auditors and the audit committee of small business  issuer'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 small business
            issuer'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 small  business
            issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and


Dated:  April 13, 2004


                                         By: /s/ Robert Salna
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                                             Robert Salna
                                             Chief Executive Officer, Chief
                                             Financial Officer and Director