Exhibit 31.1

     CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 15D-14 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
   1934, AS AMENDED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     I, R. PIERCE ONTHANK, President, chief executive officer and chief
financial and accounting officer of The American Energy Group, Ltd., certify
that:

1.   I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
     period ended September 30, 2008 of The American Energy Group, Ltd..

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 registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.   I am the registrant's sole certifying officer and I am responsible for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
     in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

     a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
          disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
          supervision, to ensure the material information relating to the
          registrant, 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)   designed such internal control over financial reporting or caused such
          internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
          supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
          of financial reporting, and the preparation of financial statements
          for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
          principles;

     c)   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

     d)   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.   I am the registrant's sole certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
     on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
     to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant'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 registrant'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 registrant's internal
          control over financial reporting.



DATED: November 14, 2008

                                      /s/ R. Pierce Onthank
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                                      Printed Name: R. PIERCE ONTHANK
                                      President, Chief Executive Officer and
                                      Principal Financial Officer