WHD West Hawk Development Corp.

West Hawk Development Corp. (TSX VENTURE:WHD)(FRANKFURT:H5N) (the "Company") is
pleased to provide an update on the Piceance Basin Figure Four Ranch Natural Gas
Project.


West Hawk Development Corp. (WHD) recently hired New Tech Engineering to help
manage the Figure Four Natural Gas Project for West Hawk Energy, U.S.A., LLC.
New Tech Engineering is based in Houston, Texas, but the management of the gas
project will be provided out of their Denver, Colorado office which is
responsible for the Rocky Mountain Region. New Tech is an engineering and
operating company that is focused in the oil and gas industry. New Tech
Engineering will use their vast experience in the Piceance Basin to maximize
production on all of the wells and maximize efficiency for the entire project.
They are designing and implementing the drilling plan for West Hawk's 2008
drilling program. New Tech has 100 technical engineering and operating personnel
based in the western U.S. They have great experience and knowledge of the
Piceance Basin. Most all of New Tech's personal have experience dealing with the
tight gas that is typical of the basin. West Hawk has also hired Robert Young,
PH.D. to serve as a consulting geologist for the project. Dr. Young has more
than 40 years of experience in the gas fields of the Piceance Basin. Mr. Young
is considered an expert in Piceance Basin gas and oil.


The Rockies Express Pipeline went in to operation during the months of January
and February 2008. The ability to transport natural gas to a larger market has
resulted in a significant price increase for Colorado's natural gas.


Wells 3 and 4 stimulated zones were tested. The swabbing was preformed based on
a zone isolation program established by Schlumberger. The zone isolation program
was created to determine the location of the zones that are producing water, so
that these zones can be isolated in order to maximize gas production. Water
samples were analyzed by Schlumberger to determine water, gas and oil
composition. These wells have been intermittently producing gas, water and oil
during the swabbing process. Based on the outcome of this program New Tech
Engineering is designing and implementing a plan to have steady gas flow
production from wells 3 and 4.


Wells 1 and 2 continue to perform as statistically forecasted by Schlumberger's
pre-frac design, though New Tech Engineering intends to evaluate the wells in
order to determine the most effective means for increasing gas sales and
production consistency.


New Tech Engineering and West Hawk Energy, U.S.A., LLC have finalized their plan
for the 2008 drilling program. They have commissioned two rigs to implement the
2008 drilling program and WHD has just completed raising the money for the
implementation of the 2008 drilling program. West Hawk intends to drill to at
least the Niobrara formation during this drilling process, please see the
Niobrara report on the WHD web site (www.westhawkdevelopment.com). WHE is
currently proceeding with the 2008 drilling operations.


"West Hawk has great confidence in New Tech Engineering and their ability to
provide productive solutions for the gas project. We are also very happy to have
Dr. Young working with us on the project. His extensive career provides vast
insight in to our future drilling program," said Mr. Gonzalo
Torres-Macchiavello, President & CEO of the Americas.


On behalf of the Board of Directors,

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


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
property. The Company has filed National Instrument 43-101 Reports for each of
the Groundhog coal property in British Columbia, the Tulita coal property in the
Northwest Territories, and the Nunavut 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 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.

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