November 10, 2006, Vancouver, B.C.: West Hawk Development Corp. (TSX.v - WHD, Frankfurt H5N) wishes to announce the Brokered Private Placement (see announcements August 11th, September 7th and September 29th, 2006) has been closed, with a total of $7,162,300 raised. As a term of the Brokered Private Placement, the Company was to use its best efforts to file a Prospectus on or before October 15th, 2006. While work is ongoing on the filing of the Prospectus, the deadline has passed, invoking a "bonus" clause whereby purchasers of the first two tranches of the private placement will now receive an additional 10% of the special warrants purchased under the financing.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

"Dr. Wm. Mark Hart"
President and CEO

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About the Company: West Hawk Development Corp. is focused on providing valuable, high-demand energy products from a variety of sources. Assets include the 500 billion cubic feet (as per NI51-101 report) Figure Four natural gas property located in the Piceance Basin, Colorado, being developed under a drilling and development agreement with EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.; the 2(+) billion ton Fort Norman coal deposit in the Northwest Territories, being developed with Lurgi South Africa (Pty) Ltd. with the aim of creating a multi-stage, 200 billion cubic foot per year Coal-to-Gas operation supplying clean "syn-gas" to markets through Imperial Oil's proposed MacKenzie Valley Pipeline and/or producing high-demand electric power and sulfur free diesel through construction of an IGCC (Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle) facility; the one billion ton Groundhog anthracite coal deposit located in northwest British Columbia; and the 3(+) billion ton coal deposit located on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Territory.

Cautionary note: This report contains forward looking statements, particularly those regarding cash flow, capital expenditures and investment plans. Resource estimates, unless specifically noted, are considered speculative. The company has filed a National Instrument 51-101 Report on the Figure Four property. A National Instrument 43-101 report has been filed on the Groundhog 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 US 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.