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 March 31, 2009 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 o n 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) and internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)
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
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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: May 15, 2009
/s/ R. PIERCE ONTHANK
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Printed Name: R. PIERCE ONTHANK
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Principal Financial Officer
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