CERTIFICATION

I, Stan Bharti, Chief Executive Officer, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F/A of Desert Sun Mining 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

   respects 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(s) 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 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) 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 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

  (d) 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

      reporting; 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 (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 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.

Date: May 20, 2004

Stan Bharti____________

Chief Executive Officer

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