West Hawk Announces Closing of Second Tranche of Private Placement

West Hawk Development Corp. (TSX VENTURE:WHD)(FRANKFURT:H5N) (the "Company") is
pleased to announce the closing of 1,845,850 units (the "Units") at a price of
$0.20 per Unit (the "Offering") for gross proceeds of $369,170, which represents
the remainder of the previously announced non-brokered private placement. A
combined 6,658,350 units have been issued from both tranches of the private
equity placement for total proceeds of $1,331,670. 


Each Unit consists of one common share of the Company (a "Share") and one common
share purchase warrant (a "Warrant"). Each Warrant is exercisable into one
additional Share for a period of 24 months following the closing at an exercise
price of $0.40 per share. The Warrants will be subject to early expiry if,
following the date that is four months following the Offering, the daily
volume-weighted average trading price of the Company's common shares on the TSX
Venture Exchange over a period of 10 consecutive trading days is equal to or
greater than $0.60.


All of the securities issued in the second tranche will be subject to a hold
period until May 19, 2008. The aggregate proceeds raised will be used by the
Company for general working capital purposes.


On behalf of the Board of Directors, 

Dr. Wm. Mark Hart, 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; the Tulita coal property
in the Northwest Territories; the Groundhog coal property located in northwest
British Columbia; and the Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Territory coal property.