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, 2010 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) 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
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 17, 2010
/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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