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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: February 14, 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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