Exhibit 31

ITRONICS INC.

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

CERTIFICATION

I, John W. Whitney, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Itronics Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statementof 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 withrespect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, theperiods presented in this report;

4. The small business issuer’s other certifying officers and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in ExchangeAct Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (asdefined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the small business issuer andhave:

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

    b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, orcaused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under oursupervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financialreporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordancewith generally accepted accounting 

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

    d) Disclosed in this report any change in the small businessissuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the smallbusiness issuer’s most recent fiscal       quarter (thesmall business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual         report) that has materially affected, oris reasonably likely to materially affect, the     small businessissuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and

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5. The small business issuer’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed,based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to thesmall business issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of small businessissuer’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

    a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in thedesign or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonablylikely to adversely 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 orother employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer’s internalcontrol over financial reporting.

 

Date: January 6, 2006                           /S/ JOHN W. WHITNEY
                                                 John W. Whitney

                                                 Chief Executive Officer

                                                 Chief Financial Officer