Meta Materials (MMATQ) 10-Q 2011 Q2 Quarterly report

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(b) OR

RULE 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. §1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the quarterly report of Torchlight Energy Resources, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Thomas Lapinski, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §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: August 15, 2011	By:  /s/ Thomas Lapinski
	Thomas Lapinski
	Chief Executive Officer