**Exhibit31.1**

 

#### **CERTIFICATIONS**

 

I, Dennis G. McLaughlin, III, certify that:

 
| 1.     |   | I  have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-QSB of Apollo Resources  International, Inc.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| 2.     |   | Based  on my knowledge, this annual 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 annual  report;                                                                    |
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| 3.     |   | Based  on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information  included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the  financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant  as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;                                                                                        |
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| 4.     |   | The  registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing  and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange  Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for  the registrant and we have:                                                                                                                                                          |
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|   |   | a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | designed such disclosure  controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the  registrant, including its subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within  those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is  being prepared; |
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|   |   | b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | (paragraph omitted  pursuant to SEC Release Nos. 33–8238 and 34-47986) |
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|   |   | c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | evaluated the  effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a  date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this annual report (the  “Evaluation Date”); and |
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|   |   | d)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | presented in this annual  report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and  procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date; |
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| 5.     |   | The  registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our  most recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee  of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent  function):                                                                                                                                |
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|   |   | a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | all  significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls  which could adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process,  summarize and report financial data and have identified for the registrant’s  auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; 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 registrant’s internal controls; and |
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| 6.     |   | The  registrant’s other certifying officers and I have indicated in this annual  report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or  in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent  to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions  with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses. |

 
| Date:  May 23, 2005 |
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|                | /s/ Dennis G. McLaughlin, III |   |
|                | Dennis G. McLaughlin, III |   |
|                | Chief Executive Officer |   |

 

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