**Exhibit 31.1**

 

## **Certification of Chief Executive Officer**

**Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of2002**

 

I, David N. Clark, certifythat:

 

1.             I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q****of Uranium Resources, Inc.;

 

2.             Based on my knowledge, this report does notcontain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered 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 issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport;

 

4.             The issuer’s other certifying officers and Iare responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))for the issuer and have:

 

(a)  Designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, ismade known to us by others within those entities, particularly during theperiod in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)  Evaluatedthe effectiveness of the issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented 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

 

(c)  Disclosedin this report any change in the issuer’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (theissuer’s first fiscal quarter of the annual report) that has materiallyaffected or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’s internalcontrol over financial reporting; and

 

5.             The issuer’s other certifying officers and Ihave disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of issuer’sboard of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

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

 

(b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employeeswho have a significant role in the issuer’s internal control over financialreporting.

 

 
| Date: November 10,  2008 |                         |
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|                          | /s/ David N. Clark           |
|                          | Title:  President       |
|                          | and Chief Executive  Officer |

 

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