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                                                                    EXHIBIT 12.1

                                 CERTIFICATIONS

I, Andre Y. Fortier, President and Chief Executive Officer of Campbell Resources
Inc., certify that:

1)       I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 20-F of Campbell Resources
         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 Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4)       The Company's other certifying officers 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 Company
         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 Company,
                           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)       deleted

                  c)       evaluated the effectiveness of the Company'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 Company's
                           internal control over financial reporting that
                           occurred during the period covered by this annual
                           report that has materially affected, or is reasonably
                           likely to materially affect, the Company's internal
                           control over financial reporting; and

5)       The Company's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on
         our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
         reporting, to the Company's auditors and the audit committee of the
         Company's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
         functions):

                  a)       All significant deficiencies in the design or
                           operation of internal controls over financial
                           reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
                           affect the Company's ability to record, process,
                           summarize and report financial information; and

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                  b)       Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
                           management or other employees who have a significant
                           role in the Company's internal control over financial
                           reporting.

May 19, 2004.

                                     By: (s) Andre Y. Fortier
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                                         Andre Y. Fortier
                                         President and Chief Executive Officer