DENVER, COLORADO--(Marketwire - Oct. 31, 2007) - West Hawk Development Corp. ("West Hawk") (TSX VENTURE:WHD) (FRANKFURT:H5N) (the "Company") would like to provide an update of a recent visit by Lu'an Mining, October 1st to 4th. The Lu'An management team included Dr. Huo Yongyi - Vice President of Lu'an Mining Industry (Group), Mr. Chai Xiuezhou - Vice President of Lu'an Mining Industry (Group), and Mr. Wang Dongfei - Head of the Tech Center of Lu'an Mining Industry (Group). Lu'an visited the US coal property and West Hawk Energy's natural gas project in the Piceance Basin with the West Hawk management team.

"We are very pleased with what we saw at the site of the natural gas project and the efforts made so far by West Hawk. It is encouraging to have big companies such as Exxon Mobil as our neighbours." Exxon Mobil is actively expanding development in the Piceance Basin, and anticipates production to increase to 1 billion cubic feet per day. Bottlenecking in the gas sales lines have limited daily production and depressed natural gas prices. "As soon as the 2nd stage of the Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) from the Cheyenne Hub to the Audrain Mo. Hub is online at the end of 2007, the gas price at the Cheyenne Hub will be increased significantly. Therefore, I am confident that this natural gas project will generate good cash flow very soon for both Lu'an and WHE," said Dr. Huo Yongyi, Vice President of Lu'an Mining Industry (Group).

"The site visit of the US coal property has revealed ideal characteristics for developing a mine mouth Clean Coal Gasification Power Plant", Dr. Huo added.

About West Hawk Energy, LLC: West Hawk Energy, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of West Hawk Development Corp. that is focused on its gas drilling program in western Colorado. The gas project plan is based on drilling 256 wells on the property, with the last well estimated to be drilled in the tenth year. Each well drilled is expected to produce for 34 years.

The gas property is located in the Piceance Basin of Colorado, known to be the largest natural gas field in North America, containing an estimated 300 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas. The project area encompasses over 5,000 acres, in an 8-square mile area.

About the Company: West Hawk Development Corp is focused on providing valuable, high-demand energy products from a variety of sources. Assets include the north western Colorado natural gas property located in the Piceance Basin, 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.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

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

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.

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