**Exhibit31.1**

CERTIFICATIONS

I,Dennis G. McLaughlin, III certify that:

1.                I have reviewed thisQuarterly Report on Form 10-QSB of Apollo ResourcesInternational, Inc.;

2.                 Based on my knowledge, thisreport does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit tostate a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;

3.                 Based on my knowledge, thefinancial statements, and other financial information included in this report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, theperiods presented in this annual report;

4.                The small business issuer’sother certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financialreporting  (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer and have:

a) Designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed suchinternal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control overfinancial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonableassurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparationof financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting;

c) Evaluated theeffectiveness of the small business issuer’s disclosure controls and proceduresand presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation ; and

d) Disclosed in thisreport any change in the small business issuer’s internal control overfinancial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer’s mostrecent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in thecase of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likelyto materially affect, the small business issuer’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and

5.                 The small business issuer’sother certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation, of internal control over financial reporting, to the small businessissuer’s auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer’s boardof directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

a) All significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the small business issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and

b) Any fraud,whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the small business issuer’s internal control over financialreporting.

Date:November 21, 2006
|        | /s/ DENNIS G. MCLAUGHLIN, III       |   |
|--------|-------------------------------------|--------|
|   | Dennis G. McLaughlin, III           |   |
|   | Chief Executive Officer,  President |   |

 

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