EXHIBIT 13.1


                          CERTIFICATION OF NICK DEMARE

                 PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED

                             PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

                        OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002








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                                  Exhibit 13.1


      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 Annual Report of Halo Resources Ltd. (the  "Company") on
Form 20-F for the year ending August 31, 2003, as filed with the  Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, Nick DeMare,  Interim
President  and  Chief  Executive  Officer  (Chief  Executive  Officer  and Chief
Financial Officer) of the Company,  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.

A signed original of this written statement has been provided to the Company and
will be  retained  by the  Company  and  furnished  to the SEC or its staff upon
request.



/s/  Nick DeMare
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Nick DeMare,
Interim President,
Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer

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