Santa Fe Gold (SFEG) 10-Q 2010 Q2 Quarterly report

EXHIBIT 32.1

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 Quarterly Report of Santa Fe Gold Corporation (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, W. Pierce Carson, President & Chief Executive Officer, certify, pursuant to 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, as of, and for the periods presented in the Report.

Date: February 12, 2010	By: /s/ W. Pierce Carson
	W. Pierce Carson,
	Chief Executive Officer, President, Director and
	Principal Accounting Officer