Exhibit
No. 31.1
 Form
10-Q
 First
Quantum Ventures, Inc.
 File
No. 000-52759
  Certification
  I,
Andrew Godfrey, certify that:
 
 1. I have
reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31,
2009 of First Quantum Ventures, Inc.;
  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;
  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 small business issuer as
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
  4. The
small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) 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
small business issuer and have:
  (a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused 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 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 (the small business issuer's fourth fiscal
quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer's internal control
over financial reporting; and
  5. The
small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the 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.
 
 
 Dated:
May 14, 2009
  /s/ Andrew
Godfrey
 Andrew
Godfrey
 Chief
Executive Officer,
 Chief
Financial Officer