Exhibit 31

CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PERSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, David Segal, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer hereby certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of EXX INC (the “Registrant”);

2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly 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 quarterly 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)) 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, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

b) 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 quarterly report based on such evaluation; and

c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that had materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation, of internal control over financial reporting to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors:

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which could adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and identified for the registrant’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; 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 over financial reporting.

Date: August 12, 2004	/s/ David A. Segal
	David A. Segal
	Chairman of the Board
	Chief Executive Officer
	Chief Financial Officer