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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, John A.
Brda, certify
that:
1. I have
reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Torchlight
Energy Resources, Inc. for the quarter ended June 30,
2017;
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
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
this report;
4. The
registrant’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)) and
internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange
Act Rules 13a-15(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 our supervision, to
ensure that material information relating to the
small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiary,
is made known to us by others within those entities, 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 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 registrant's internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's fourth
quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's internal control over the
financial reporting; and
5. I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of
internal control over financial reporting, 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 control
over financial reporting 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 control over
financial reporting.
/s/ John A. Brda
John A. Brda
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: August 8, 2017