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EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, W. Pierce Carson, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB of
Santa Fe Gold Corporation (the "small business issuer");

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. 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:

(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 us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this
report is being prepared;

(b) [Paragraph omitted in accordance
with SEC transition instructions contained in SEC Release 34-47986];

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the
small business issuer's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
report my conclusion 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 that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small
business issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. I have disclosed, based on my 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.

|Date: May 19, 2008 | By: | /s/ W.
      Pierce Carson                            
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|                   |     | W. Pierce Carson                                      
|                   |     | Chief Executive Officer, President, Director
      and
|                   |     | Principal Accounting Officer                          

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