EXHIBIT 31.1
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                  Certification of the Chief Executive Officer
                       Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350


     Solely for the purposes of complying with 18 U.S.C. section 1350, I, the
undersigned Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Earth Search
Sciences, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby certify, based on my knowledge, that the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2004 (the
"Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in the Report
fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results
of operations of the Company.





Date:  July 12, 2004                         /s/ Larry F Vance
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                                             Larry F Vance
                                             Chairman of the Board and
                                             Chief Executive Officer