CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES OXLEY ACT

                            EXHIBIT 31.1 CERTIFICATE

CERTIFICATION  OF  DISCLOSURE  PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C.  SECTION  1350,  AS ADOPTED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of Mountains West Exploration, Inc.
(the  "Company")  on Form 10-Q for the period ended  September 30, 2006 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report").
I, Lee  Wiskowski,  President  and principal  executive  officer of the Company,
certify,  pursuant to 18 USC section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge and belief:

     (1) I am the certifying Officer and I have reviewed the report being filed;

     (2) Based on my knowledge, the 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 the report;

     (3) Based on my knowledge,  the financial  statements,  and other financial
information included in the report,  fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition,  results of operations and cash flows of the issuer, as of,
and for, the periods presented in the report.

     (4) I and the other  certifying  officers are responsible for  establishing
and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as such term is defined in
paragraph (c) of this section) for the issuer and have:

   i. Designed such  disclosure  controls and procedures to ensure that material
information relating to the issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries,  is
made know to them by others  within  those  entities,  particularly  during  the
period in which the periodic reports are being prepared;

   ii.  Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of the issuer's  disclosure  controls and
procedures as of the filing date of the report, September 30, 2006; and

   iii. Presented in the report their conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluation as of September 30,
2006;

     (5) I and the other certifying officers have disclosed, based on their most
recent evaluation, to the issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the Board
of Directors (or persons fulfilling the equivalent function);




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   i. All  significant  deficiencies  in the  design or  operation  of  internal
controls which could adversely affect the issuer's  ability to record,  process,
summarize  and  report  financial  data and  have  identified  for the  issuer's
auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

   ii. Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that  involves  management or other
employees who have a significant role in the issuer's internal controls; and

     (6) I and the  other  certifying  officers  have  indicated  in the  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 their most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

Dated: November 20, 2006

                                              /s/ Lee Wiskowski
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                                              Lee Wiskowski, President
                                              (principal executive officer)



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