**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**Certification of Chief Executive Officer**

**Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Actof 2002**

 

I,Donald C. Ewigleben, certify that:

 

1.                                                                                                               I have reviewedthis report on Form 10-Q****ofUranium Resources, Inc.;

 

2.                                                                                                               Based on myknowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material factor omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.                                                                                                               Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the issuer as of, and for,the periods presented in this report;

 

4.                                                                                                               The issuer’sother certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))  and internal control overfinancial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and15d-15(f)) 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)  Designedsuch internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal controlover financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and thepreparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance withgenerally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c)  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

 

(d)  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 fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’sinternal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.                                                                                                               The issuer’sother certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the issuer’sauditors and the audit committee of issuer’s board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent functions):

 

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

 

(b)  Anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the issuer’s internal control over financialreporting.

 

Date:November 8, 2010

 
|   | /s/  Donald C. Ewigleben                            |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|   | Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer |

 

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