West Hawk Announces Appointment of Director

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/03/09 -- West Hawk Development Corp. (TSX VENTURE: WHD) (the "Company") announces the appointment of Lonny Haugen to the Company's board of directors.

Mr. Haugen is a certified public accountant with 30 years of business and financial management experience. He currently serves as the Company's Chief Financial Officer.

The Company is continuing to actively search for suitable candidates to fill the remaining vacancies on the board.

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 northwest British Columbia.

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