EXHIBIT 31.1



CERTIFICATION



I, Randal Hardy, Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer of Timberline Resources Corporation, certify
that:



1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-QSB/A of Timberline Resources Corporation,



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)) 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) 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



(c) 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 function):



(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 controls over financial
reporting.



Date: July 21, 2008

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Randal
Hardy
Chief
Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer