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Exhibit 12.1

                  CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, MICHAEL CYTRYNBAUM, certify that:

    1.   I have reviewed the annual report on Form 20-F of CENTRAL MINERA CORP;
    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 report;
    3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
         financial information included in this report, fairly present
         in all material respect the financial condition, results of
         operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the
         periods presented in this report;
    4.   The company's other certifying officer 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)) for the company 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 company, 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;
         (b)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the company'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
         (c)  Disclosed in this report any change in the company's
              internal control over financial reporting that occurred
              during the period covered by the annual report that has
              materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
              materially affect, the company's internal control over
              financial report; and
     5.       The company's other certifying officer(s) and I have
              disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
              control over financial reporting, to the company's auditors
              and the audit committee of the company's board of directors:
         (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 company's ability to record,
              process, summarize and report financial information; and
         (b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
              management or other employees who have a significant role
              in the company's internal control over financial
              reporting.

Dated this 26th day of November, 2004.


"Michael Cytrynbaum"

Michael Cytrynbaum
President



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