EXHIBIT 31.1 CERTIFICATIONS


I, John Hislop, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Nation Energy 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. I am 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. 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: July 15, 2004

/s/ John Hislop
  John Hislop, President and Secretary 
  (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)