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EX-31.1 - CEO SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION - High Plains Gas, Inc.ex31-1.txt
EX-31.2 - CFO SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION - High Plains Gas, Inc.ex31-2.txt
EX-32.1 - CEO SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION - High Plains Gas, Inc.ex32-1.txt
10-Q - QTRLY REPORT FOR THE QTR ENDED 12-31-09 - High Plains Gas, Inc.g3867a.txt

                                                                    Exhibit 32.2

          CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED
           PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection  with the  quarterly  report of Northern  Explorations,  Ltd. (the
Company)  on Form 10-Q for the  period  ended  December 31,   2009 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on  the  date  hereof  (the  Report)  the
undersigned  hereby  certifies  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Section  1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002, that to the best of
my knowledge:

     (1)  The Report fully  complies with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects,  the financial  condition and results of operations
          of the Company.


Date: February 22, 2010               /s/ KENNETH J. YONIKA
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Kenneth J. Yonika, Chief Financial Officer


A signed  original of this written  statement  required by Section 906, or other
document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that
appears in typed form within the  electronic  version of this written  statement
required by Section 906, has been  provided to Northern  Explorations,  Ltd. and
will be retained by Northern Explorations,  Ltd. and furnished to the Securities
and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request