West Hawk Development Corp.: Revocation of Cease Trade Order

West Hawk Development Corp. (TSX VENTURE:WHD) (the "Company") would like to
announce that, effective April 21, 2009, the cease trade order issued to the
Company by the British Columbia Securities Commission for failure to file its
interim financial statements and Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A")
for the financial period ended January 31, 2009 has been revoked.


As announced on April 16, 2009, trading in the Company's common shares remain
halted by the TSX Venture Exchange pending the clarification of certain
disclosure matters.


On behalf of the Board of Directors,

Gonzalo Torres Macchiavello, President and Chief Executive Officer

About the Company: West Hawk Development Corp. is focused on providing valuable,
high-demand energy products from a variety of sources. Assets include the Figure
Four natural gas property located in the Piceance Basin, Colorado, being
developed under a drilling and development agreement and the Groundhog coal
property located in northwestern British Columbia.


Cautionary Note: This news release contains forward-looking statements,
particularly those regarding cash flow, capital expenditures and investment
plans. Resource estimates, unless specially noted, are considered speculative.
The Company has filed a National Instrument 51-101 Report on the Figure Four
natural gas property. The Company has filed National Instrument 43-101 Reports
for the Groundhog coal property in British Columbia. Any and all other resource
or reserve estimates are historical in nature, and should not be relied upon. By
their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties because
they relate to events and depend on factors that will or may occur in the
future. Actual results may vary depending upon exploration and development
activities, industry production, commodity demand and pricing, currency exchange
rates, and, but not limited to, general economic factors. Cautionary note to
U.S. investors: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission specifically
prohibits the use of certain terms, such as "reserves" unless such figures are
based upon actual production or formation tests and can be shown to be
economically and legally producible under existing economic and operating
conditions.