**EXHIBIT 31.1**

                                

**CERTIFICATIONS**

 

I, Michael McChesney, Chief Executive Officer of EasternGoldfields, Inc., certify that:

 

1.         I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q of Eastern Goldfields, Inc.;

 

2.         Based on my knowledge, this report does notcontain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report;

 

3.         Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in allmaterial respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flowsof the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport;

 

4.         The small business issuer's other certifyingofficer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer andhave:

 

a)         designed such disclosure controls and procedures,or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under oursupervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small businessissuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by otherswithin those entities, particularly during the period in which this report isbeing prepared;

 

b)         designed such internal control over financialreporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to bedesigned under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding thereliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statementsfor external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accountingprinciples;

 

c)         evaluated the effectiveness of the small businessissuer's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report ourconclusions 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 changes in the smallbusiness issuer's internal control over financial reporting that occurredduring the small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the smallbusiness issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) thathas materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, thesmall business issuer's internal          control over financial reporting.

 

    5.     The small business issuer's other certifyingofficer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internalcontrol over financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors andthe audit committee of small business 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 small business issuer's ability to record, process,summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)      anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the small business issuer's internal control overfinancial reporting.

 

 

Date:  August 14, 2009                                   BY:/s/ Michael McChesney

                                                                          MICHAEL MCCHESNEY

                                                                           ChiefExecutive Officer