**Exhibit 31.1**

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I,Dennis G. McLaughlin, III certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed this QuarterlyReport on Form 10-QSB of Apollo Resources International, Inc.;

 

2.             Based on my knowledge, this reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial 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, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report, fairlypresent in all material respects the financial condition, results of operationsand cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periodspresented in this annual report;

 

4.             The small business issuer’s othercertifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small businessissuer and have:

 

a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosurecontrols and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure thatmaterial information relating to the small business issuer, including itsconsolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused suchinternal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financialreporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes inaccordance with generally accepted accounting;

 

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

 

d)Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer’s internalcontrol over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer’smost recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarterin the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonablylikely to materially affect, the small business issuer’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and

 

5.             The small business issuer’s othercertifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation,of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer’sauditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer’s board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent function): 

 

a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operationof internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the small business issuer’s ability to record, process,summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employeeswho have a significant role in the small business issuer’s internal controlover financial reporting.

 

Date:November 21, 2005 
|   | /s/  DENNIS G. MCLAUGHLIN, III |   |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------|--------|
|   | Dennis G. McLaughlin, III                |
|   | Chief Executive Officer, President            |

 

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