EXHIBIT 31.1

                                 CERTIFICATIONS

       CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)

I, Michael K. Paulk, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB/A of American Natural
Energy Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this 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 report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business
issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible
for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and
have:

                           (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures,
         or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
         our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
         small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
         known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
         period in which this report is being prepared;

                           (b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business
         issuer's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
         report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
         controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
         report based on such evaluation; and

                           (c) Disclosed in this report any change in the small
         business issuer's internal control over financial reporting that
         occurred during the small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter
         (the small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
         annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
         materially affect, the small business issuer's internal control over
         financial reporting; and

5. The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee of
the small business issuer's board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions):

                           (a) All significant deficiencies and material
         weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over
         financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
         small business issuer's ability to record, process, summarize and
         report financial information; and

                           (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
         management or other employees who have a significant role in the small
         business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  December 8, 2003                          By: /s/ Michael K. Paulk
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                                                     Michael K. Paulk
                                                     President