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 suchdisclosure controls, or caused such disclosure controls and             procedures to bedesigned under our supervision, to ensure that material             informationrelating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated             subsidiaries, ismade known to us by others within those entities, particularly             during the periodin which this quarterly report is being prepared;

          (b)Designed such internalcontrol over financial reporting, or caused such internal            control over financialreporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide            reasonable assuranceregarding the reliability of financial reporting and the            preparation offinancial statements for external purposes in accordance with            generally acceptedaccounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer’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

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

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 deficienciesand material weaknesses in the design or operation            of internal controlsover financial reporting which are reasonably likely to            adversely affect thesmall business issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize             and reportfinancial information; and 

          (b)Any fraud, whether or notmaterial, that involves management or other employees            who have a significantrole in the small business issuer’s internal control over            financial reporting.

 

 

Date: August 13, 2003                      /S/ JOHN W. WHITNEY
                                              John W. Whitney

                                              Chief Executive Officer

                                              Chief Financial Officer

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