Exhibit 31

CERTIFICATIONS
 principal executive and financial officers

I, Robert A.
Cohan, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Aspen Exploration
Corporation, certify that:

1.   I have
reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB/A-2 of Aspen Exploration Corporation;

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 annual report;

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 registrant as of, and
for, the periods presented in this report;

4.   The
registrants other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) [portion omitted per rule] for the
registrant and have:

| | a)    designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure  controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that  material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated  subsidiaries, is made known to us
by others within those entities, particularly  during the period in which this report is
being prepared;
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| | b)   [intentionally
omitted]
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| | c)   evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant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; and
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| | d)   disclosed
in this report any change in the registrants internal control  over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent  fiscal quarter that has
materially affected or is reasonably likely to  materially affect, the registrants
internal control over financial  reporting;
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5.   The
registrants other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
registrants auditors and the audit committee of registrants board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

| | 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
registrant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 registrants internal control over  financial reporting.
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Date:  June 19,
2006

| | /s/
Robert A. Cohan Robert A. Cohan, Chief Executive Officerand Chief Financial Officer(principal executive and financial officer)
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