**Exhibit      31.1**

**CERTIFICATION**

**OF      CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER**

**AND      CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION      1350,**

**AS      ADOPTED PURSUANT TO**

**SECTION      302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

| 1.       | I                have reviewed this amended Form 10-QSB of  First Quantum Ventures,                Inc.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| 2.       | Based                on my knowledge, this amended 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                amended report;                                           |
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| 3.       | Based                on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information                included in this amended 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 present in this amended                report;                                                                    |
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| 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                13-a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) 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 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; |
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|     | (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                principals; |
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|     | (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 |
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|     | (d)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Disclosed                in this report any change in the small business issuer’s internal control                over financing 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 |
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|  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):                                              |
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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 involved management or other                employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer’s                internal control over financial reporting. |
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| Date:                  November 16, 2007 | /s/                  Emilio Jara             |
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|                                     | Emilio                  Jara                 |
|                                     | Chief                  Executive Officer and |
|                                     | Chief                  Financial Officer     |