Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Amendment No. 1 to Quarterly Report of Wits Basin Precious Minerals Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ending March 31, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, H. Vance White the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to and for purposes of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 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 results of operations of the Company.

Date: January 14, 2005	By:	/s/ H. Vance White
		H. Vance White Chief Executive Officer