Exhibit
31.1
NORTH
AMERICAN ENERGY RESOURCES, INC. FORM 10-Q
FOR
THE QUARTER ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2012
CERTIFICATION
OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT
TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION
302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I,
Clinton W. Coldren, Chief Executive Officer, certify that:
| 1. | I
have reviewed this report on
Form 10-Q of North American
Energy Resources, Inc. (the
registrant); |
| 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
quarterly report, fairly present
in all material respects the
financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows
of the registrant as of, and
for, the periods presented in
this report; |
| 4. | I
am responsible for establishing
and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting
(as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-a15(f) and 15d-15(f)
for the registrant and have: |
| a. | designed
such
disclosure
controls
and
procedures,
or
caused
such
disclosure
controls
and
procedures
to
be
designed
under
my
supervision,
to
ensure
that
material
information
relating
to
the
registrant,
is
made
known
to
me
by
others,
particularly
during
the
period
in
which
this
report
is
being
prepared; |
| b. | designed
such
internal
control
over
financial
reporting,
or
caused
such
internal
control
over
financial
reporting
to
be
designed
under
our
supervision,
to
provide
reasonable
assurance
regarding
the
reliability
of
financial
reporting
and
the
preparation
of
financial
statements
for
external
purposes
in
accordance
with
generally
accepted
accounting
principles; |
| c. | evaluated
the
effectiveness
of
the
registrant’s
disclosure
controls
and
procedures
and
presented
in
this
report
my
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
registrant’s
internal
controls
over
financial
reporting
that
occurred
during
the
registrant’s
current
fiscal
quarter
(the
registrant's
fourth
fiscal
quarter
in
the
case
of
an
annual
report)
that
has
materially
affected,
or
is
reasonably
likely
to
materially
affect,
the
registrant’s
internal
control
over
financial
reporting;
and; |
| 5. | I
have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation, to the registrant's
auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors
(or persons performing the equivalent functions); |
| a. | All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
or operation of internal controls which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the registrant'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 registrant's internal
controls. |
Date: December 14,
2012 |
|
|
By: /s/ Clinton W. Coldren |
|
Clinton W. Coldren Chief Executive Officer |