Exhibit 99.1


                    CERTIFICATION OF CEO AND CFO PURSUANT TO
                               18 U.S.C. ss. 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                    ss. 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection  with the  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-QSB of  Fischer-Watt  Gold
Company,  Inc. (the  Company) for the quarterly  period ending April 30, 2003 as
filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on the date  hereof  (the
Report),  George J.  Beattie,  President  and  Chief  Executive  Officer  of the
Company,  hereby certifies,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant
to ss. 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of his/her knowledge,
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.

By: /s/ George Beattie
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        George Beattie, President,
        Chief Executive Officer





This  certification   accompanies  this  Report  pursuant  to  ss.  906  of  the
Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002 and shall not,  except to the extent required by the
Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002,  be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of ss.
18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.