10-KSB 12/31/03                   Exhibit 32              Arete Industries, Inc.


                                   EXHIBIT 32

                                   FORM 10K-SB
                             Arete Industries, Inc.
                          Year Ended December 31, 2003



                            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  Annual  Report  of Arete  Industries,  Inc.  (the
"Company")  on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended  December 31, 2003 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),
I, Thomas P. Raabe, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant
to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (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 result of  operations of the
Company.


Dated: April 7, 2004                            By:  /s/ Thomas P. Raabe
                                                    -------- -------------------
                                                     Chief Executive Officer and
                                                     Chief Financial Officer