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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1
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                                  CERTIFICATION

I, John C. Lawrence, certify that:

(1)  I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of United States Antimony
     Corporation.

(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)  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 small business issuer and have:

     (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
     disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to
     ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer,
     including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others
     within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report
     is being prepared;

     (b) [Not required]

     (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's disclosure
     controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusion 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 have disclosed, based on my 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: April 13, 2006

/s/ John C. Lawrence
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John C. Lawrence,
President, and Chief Executive Officer
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