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 suchdisclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure thatmaterial information 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 financialreporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed underour supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financialreporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordancewith generally accepted accounting principles;

    c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the periodcovered by this report based on such evaluation; and

    d) Disclosed in this report any change in the smallbusiness issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during thesmall business issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer’sfourth fiscal 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

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):

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    a) All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting whichare reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer’s ability torecord, process, summarize and report financial information; and 

    b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in the small businessissuer’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

Date: November 8, 2005                      /S/JOHN W. WHITNEY
                                            JohnW. Whitney

                                            ChiefExecutive Officer

                                            ChiefFinancial Officer