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**Exhibit 31.2**

   

**CERTIFICATION OF**

**PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER**

**PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(a) OF THE SECURITIESEXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,**

**AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302OF**

**THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

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I, John S. Wittler, certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Spartan Gold Ltd.;

 

2.             Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessaryto make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect tothe period covered by this report;

 

3.             Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly presentin all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periodspresented in this report;

 

4.             The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as definedin Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a)            Designedsuch 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 registrant is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)            Designedsuch internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under oursupervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financialstatements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c)            Evaluatedthe effectiveness of the registrant disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectivenessof the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)            Disclosedin this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's mostrecent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, oris reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;

 

5.              The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal controlover financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent functions):

 

(a)            Allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting whichare reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;and

 

(b)            Anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internalcontrol over financial reporting.

 

Date: August 14, 2012