EXHIBIT 31

ITRONICS INC.

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

CERTIFICATION

I, John W. Whitney, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Itronics Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain anyuntrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make thestatements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financialinformation included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects thefinancial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this report;

4. The small business issuer’s other certifying officers and I areresponsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (asdefined 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 small businessissuer and have:

 a)Designed such disclosure controls, or caused such disclosurecontrols and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during theperiod in which this annual report is being prepared;

 b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or causedsuch internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, toprovide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and thepreparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles;

c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer’s disclosure controlsand procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this reportbased on such evaluation; and

d)Disclosed in this report any change in the small businessissuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the smallbusiness issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer’s fourthfiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer’s internal controlover financial reporting; and

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5. The small business issuer’s other certifying officers and Ihave disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the small business issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of smallbusiness issuer’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):

a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design oroperation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the small business issuer’s ability to record, process, summarizeand report financial information; and 

b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or otheremployees who have a significant role in the small business issuer’s internal controlover financial reporting.

 

Date: January 6, 2006                       /S/JOHN W. WHITNEY
                                            JohnW. Whitney

                                            ChiefExecutive Officer

                                            ChiefFinancial Officer