Exhibit 31.2
Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15(d)-14(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended
I, John P. Ryan, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-QSB for Trend Mining Company;
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;
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: Feb 14, 2005 /s/ John P. Ryan
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John P. Ryan
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer