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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 of internal control over financial reporting,        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: August 12, 2005By /s/ FRED W. BRACKEBUSCH  Fred W. Brackebusch, President, Treasurer & Director 

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