EXHIBIT  31.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I,  James  E.  McKay,  certify  that:

1.     I  have  reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB of Battle Mountain
Gold  Exploration  Corp.;

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  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)     Paragraph  omitted  in  accordance  with  SEC  transition  instructions
contained  in  SEC  Release  No.  33-8238;

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  that  has  materially  affected,  or is
reasonably  likely  to  materially  affect, the small business issuer's internal
control  over  financial  reporting;  and

5.     The  small  business  issuer's  other  certifying  officer  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:  January  21,  2005

                                        By:  /s/  James  E.  McKay
                                        --------------------------
                                        James  E.  McKay
                                        Chief  Executive  Officer