May 24, 2007 - Vancouver, B.C.: West Hawk Development Corp. (the "Company") (TSX.v - WHD, Frankfurt - H5N) is pleased to announce that it has received an independent National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") Technical Report (the "Tulita Report") for its 100% interest in the Northwest Territories - Tulita Coal Prospect (the "Tulita Prospect").

A complete copy of the Tulita Report has been filed on SEDAR and may be reviewed in its entirety at www.sedar.com and on the Company's website.

TULITA COAL PROSPECT

Report Summary

The Tulita Report is entitled "Technical Report Northwest Territories - Tulita Coal Prospect". It is dated May 7, 2007 and was prepared by Weir International, Inc. ("Weir"). Tom A. Tveten, Chief Geologist of Weir is an Independent Qualified Person (the "Qualified Person") as defined in NI 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

Study Highlights

• Luscar Ltd. ("Luscar") evaluated coal occurrences on the Tate Lake Prospect Area in 1975 and 1976. Manalta Coal Ltd. ("Manalta") evaluated coal occurrences in the Fort Norman Prospect Area and Seagull Island North Block in 1978. Manalta and Luscar determined historical resources based on available drill hole, outcrop and channel sample information. The Tulita Report reveals that the Tulita Prospect contains approximately 1.544 billion in-place tons of historical resources and 140 to 175 million tons of exploration potential. These historical resources and exploration potential are revisions to and replace the previous resource estimates published by the Company and retracted in its news release of December 18, 2006.
• The historical resource and potential exploration target estimates were determined by Manalta and Luscar prior to the implementation of NI 43-101 and are not in compliance with the Canadian Securities Administrators NI 43-101 or the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") guidelines. No measured or indicated resource estimates were reported. The potential quantity and characteristics of the coal identified as potential exploration target estimates is conceptual in nature. There has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource. All tonnage reported in the Tulita Technical Report are historical resource and potential exploration target estimates. The historical resource and potential exploration target estimates by Manalta and Luscar are considered relevant by the Qualified Person and were prepared by experienced professionals employed by major mining companies.
• The Company has targeted the Tulita Prospect as potential for a coal gasification to pipeline quality gas project.
• A two phase exploration program is proposed. The second phase would not be conducted if the first phase does not meet desired results. Phase One of the drilling program would be conducted in the Seagull Island Prospect Area North Block, Seagull Island Prospect Area South Block and Tate Lake Prospect Area Northeast Block. Phase Two of the drilling program would be conducted in the Tate Lake Prospect Area Central and Plateau blocks.

History of the Tulita Prospect

The Tulita Prospect lies within the Fort Norman Coalfield and is located approximately one and one-half miles east and approximately 35 miles south of the community of Tulita in the Northwest Territories. The Company holds six exploration licenses for 229,150 acres relative to the Tulita Prospect. There are three prospect areas within the exploration licenses, referenced as Fort Norman, Seagull Island and Tate Lake. The Tate Lake Prospect Area is divided into three blocks; Northeast, Central and Plateau. The Seagull Island Prospect Area is divided into the North and South blocks.

The Company purchased a 100% interest in the Tulita Prospect on March 11, 2006.

In order to conduct exploration activities, drilling permits must be filed with the Sahtu Land and Water Board. The Company has successfully completed the Traditional Ecological Knowledge ("TEK") studies in anticipation of filing the drilling permits. Upon successful negotiation of an access agreement, the drilling permits will be filed.

Future Plans

Management of the Company is currently assessing the alternatives available to optimize shareholder value with respect to the Tulita Prospect. The nature and timing of the development of the a coal to gas project relies in part on the development of the MacKenzie Valley pipeline project, the completion and timing of which is in doubt. Accordingly, the Company is considering other alternatives for the development of the project. There is no assurance that (i) access agreements and necessary permits will be obtained to permit further exploration and drilling, (ii) the proposed drill program will be successfully completed, (iii) that it will qualify current mineral resources or (iv) that any such resources will be economic.

Deposit Type

The Tulita Prospect is underlain by coal seams of the Fort Norman Coalfield. Manalta stated in their exploration report (1975) that large volumes of coal are thought to be present, although the exact location and extent can only be proven by detailed drilling. The laterally extensive, though locally discontinuous coal seams formed in a complex alluvial fan where coal accumulated in inter stream swamps. As the streams meandered within the alluvial fan, the locations of the swamps changed. Sediments built up along the streams and the swamps were buried. The coal seams have since been subjected to tectonism, glaciation and meanderings of the Mackenzie River.

Mineralization

The Tulita Prospect is underlain by lignite coals associated with Eocene and Paleocene sedimentary deposits. The area containing the lignite seams has previously been referred to as the Fort Norman Coalfield. Lignite "A" is considered to be a low-grade thermal coal comparable to the thermal coal deposits of southern Saskatchewan. In the Fort Norman Prospect Area, two major coal seams (an upper and a lower) outcrop along a four mile section of the north shore of the Mackenzie River. The upper coal seam is approximately 13 feet in thickness and the lower coal seam is four feet in thickness. There are two major coal seams exposed in the Seagull Island Prospect Area along the west bank of the Mackenzie River, opposite Seagull Island. The upper coal seam is approximately 12 feet in thickness and the lower coal seam is four feet in thickness. These seams outcrop along an uninterrupted band of coal-bearing strata for approximately two miles.

Property Geology

The Fort Norman and Seagull Island prospect areas are located in the Fort Norman coal basin. The major structural feature in the Fort Norman and Seagull Island prospect areas is a northward trending anticline and associated syncline to the east. The anticlinal axis appears to be located approximately eight miles east of Tulita and is oriented in a north-northwest to south-southeast direction. The Fort Norman and Seagull Island Prospect areas are largely covered with overburden. However, extrapolation of the geology from the Carcajou Canyon area to the west indicates it is underlain by relatively flat-lying marine and non-marine sandstones, shales and minor coal of the Little Bear and East Fork Formations.

The Tate Lake Prospect Area is located in the Tertiary Creek coal basin. Within the Tate Lake Prospect Area, the Tertiary Formation has a measured thickness of 1,600 feet, consisting predominantly of poorly cemented, coarse gravel-like conglomerate. The clasts are chert, quartzite and carbonate stream pebbles in a matrix of fine grained lithic sand. Locally, this conglomerate is cemented by iron carbonate, forming resistant ledges and hoodoos.

Historical Resource Estimates

Manalta and Luscar evaluated the coal occurrences and determined historical resources based on available drill hole, outcrop and channel sample information. The Tulita Report does not distinguish between Measured and Indicated historical resources, as defined in GSC 88-21, since Manalta and Luscar did not estimate Measured and Indicated historical resources in their historical reports. All historical resource estimates reported for the Tate Lake Prospect Area are based on calculations made by Luscar in 1975 and 1976. The historical resource estimates reported for the Fort Norman Prospect Area and Seagull Island North Block were calculated by Techman Ltd. ("Techman"), on behalf of Manalta, in 1978.

The historical resource and potential exploration target estimates were determined by Manalta and Luscar prior to the implementation of NI 43-101 and are not in compliance with the Canadian Securities Administrators NI 43-101 or the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") guidelines. No Measured or Indicated resource estimates were reported. All tonnage reported in the Tulita Report are historical resource and potential exploration target estimates.

The historical resource estimates and estimates of exploration potential prepared by Manalta and Luscar, which are within the area of the Tulita Prospect, are as follows:

Historical Resource Estimates

Coal License	NTS Map Reference	Prospect Area	Resource Block	In-Place Tons (000)
NT-Coal-418	96 C5 NE	Tate Lake	Plateau	1,271,020
NT-Coal-414	96 C14 NW	Fort Norman	-	167,677
NT-Coal-415	96 C14 SE	Seagull Island	North	105,157
Total				1,543,854

Estimates of Exploration Potential

Coal License	NTS Map Reference	Prospect Area	Resource Block	In-Place Tons (000)
NT-Coal-419	96 C5 NW	Tate Lake	Central	80,000 – 100,000
NT-Coal-412	96 C11 SW	Tate Lake	Northeast	60,000 – 75,000
NT-Coal-420	96 C11 NE	Seagull Island	South	-
Total				140,000 – 175,000

All references to coal tonnage, resources, and potential exploration target estimates are historical and:

• a qualified person has not performed sufficient work to classify the historical estimates as current mineral resources or mineral reserves;
• the Company is not representing the historical estimates as current mineral resources or mineral reserves as defined in the sections 1.2 and 1.3 of NI 43-101; and
• the potential quantity and characteristics of the coal identified as potential exploration target estimates is conceptual in nature. There has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource.

Tom A. Tveten, Chief Geologist of Weir International, Inc. is the Qualified Person who prepared or supervised the preparation of the Tulita Report, and has reviewed and verified the technical information in this news release.

GROUNDHOG COAL PROSPECT UPDATE

Weir International, Inc. is close to completing an independent NI 43-101 technical report on the Company's Groundhog prospect in northern British Columbia on behalf of the Company. The Company expects to file the report on SEDAR in the near future.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

"Dr. Wm. Mark Hart"
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 Figure Four natural gas property located in the Piceance Basin, Colorado, 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.

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. The company has filed a National Instrument 43-101 Report on the Tulita coal property in the Northwest Territories. The company has also filed a National Instrument 43-101 Report on 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 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.