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**Certification**

 I, Fred W. Brackebusch, certify that: 

| (1)    | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form      10-QSB of New Jersey Mining Company.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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| (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; |
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| (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 Registrant, as of, and for,        the periods presented in this report;                   |
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| (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)) for the small business issuer and have:                                                                                                                                  |
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|   | (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 small        business issuer, 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; |
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|   | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | not required |
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|   | (c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business        issuer'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 |
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|   | (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 that has materially        affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business        issuer's internal control over financial reporting. |
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| (5)    | I have disclosed, based        on our most recent evaluation, to the audit committee of the Registrant's        board of directors:                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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|   | (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 |
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|   | (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. |

Date: May 14, 2005By /s/ FRED W. BRACKEBUSCH  Fred W. Brackebusch, President, Treasurer & Director 

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