Exhibit 31.1

Certification
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I,
Robert W. Marsik, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, certify that:

|1) |  | I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Mercari Communications Group, Ltd.;
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|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;
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|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;
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|4) |  | I am
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 we  have:
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|a) |  | Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures  to be designed under our supervision, to ensure the material information
relating to the  small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by  other within those entities, particularly during the period in which this
report is being  prepared;
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|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;
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|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
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|5) |  | I
have disclosed, based  on the
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  functions):
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|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
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|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.
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|Date: June
17, 2004 |  | By:/s/  Robert W. Marsik
      Robert W. Marsik, Chief Executive Officer
      Chief Financial Officer
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