West Hawk Announces Increase in Private Placement

West Hawk Development Corp. (TSX VENTURE:WHD)(FRANKFURT:H5N) (the "Company") is
pleased to announce that the Company is increasing the size of its previously
announced private placement from 5,000,000 units to up to 10,000,000 units of
the Company at a price of $0.20 per unit, for aggregate gross proceeds to the
Company of up to $2,000,000.


On behalf of the Board of Directors,

Dr. W. Mark Hart, President and Chief Executive Officer

About the Company: West Hawk Development Corp. is focused on providing valuable,
high-demand clean 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 Groundhog coal
property located in northwest British Columbia; the Tulita coal property in the
Northwest Territories; and the Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Territory coal
property.


Cautionary Note: This report 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 property. The
Company has filed National Instrument 43-101 Reports for each of the Tulita coal
property in the Northwest Territories, the Nunavut Coal property and the
Groundhog Coal property. 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 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.