Gold Hawk on Schedule for Mine Re-Opening at Oracle Ridge Copper Project

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 04/04/11 -- Gold Hawk Resources Inc. ('Gold Hawk' or the 'Company') (TSX VENTURE: GHK) is pleased to provide an update on activities at its wholly owned Oracle Ridge copper project near Tucson, Arizona.

'Gold Hawk is pleased with the progress being made toward obtaining the environmental permits needed to re-start the Oracle Ridge Copper Mine,' said Mr. Kevin Drover, Gold Hawk's Chairman and CEO. 'The Company is on track with its schedule to return the mine to production.'

Activities since the beginning of 2011 have focused on validation of Oracle Ridge's historic resource database, engineering and design work for the proposed 2,000-tons-per-day processing plant, geotechnical and design work for the tailings impoundment and the mine permitting process.

Database validation program

--  Two surface core drilling rigs have been mobilized to site;
--  Six drill holes have been completed to date;
--  A 3-D laser survey of the accessible underground workings has been
    completed;
--  A surface and underground survey of locatable historic drill collars has
    been completed;
--  Geologic mapping and sampling of the underground workings has begun;
--  In addition to the copper, silver and gold assays contained in the
    historic database, iron and other valuable elements are being analysed
    for in samples from the ongoing drill program; and,
--  A methodical program of density determinations is being made from core
    samples of all mineralized zones intersected in the program.

The validation program has been designed with the approval of Glenn R. Clark, P.Eng. of Glenn R. Clark & Associates Limited, the Company's third-party Qualified Person for mineral resources under NI 43-101. The objective of this program is to ultimately produce a new NI 43-101-compliant resource technical report.

Process Plant and Tailings impoundment activities

--  Initial metallurgical test work for ore hardness testing has been
    completed;
--  A preliminary equipment list for a nominal 2,000-tons-per-day
    metallurgical plant has been compiled;
--  Trade-off studies for electrical power generation, mobile equipment and
    other processing components that impact air emissions are underway;
--  Geotechnical sampling in the tailings impoundment area have been
    completed; and,
--  Initial design of a 10-million-ton dry stack tailings impoundment and
    plant area have been completed and are under review.

The processing plant is being designed on the basis of milling the hardest ores tested, thereby facilitating smooth plant operating flow-through. All processing design engineering and costing work is being undertaken at a 15% confidence level and is being conducted under the direction of John Kyle, PE and Ed Bentzen, Company contractor Lyntek Inc.'s Qualified Persons.

Test work is also scheduled to begin an evaluation for a paste back-fill system. It is the Company's desire to return as much as possible of new tailings generated by the planned operation back underground as feasible, thereby minimizing the mine's environmental footprint.

Permitting process

--  Constructive meetings have been held with personnel representing Pima
    County, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S.
    Forest Service;
--  Flora and fauna inventory studies have begun in the project area and
    along the site access road;
--  Archaeological and cultural resource surveys have been completed on a
    portion of the project site and access road;
--  Water quality sampling has begun on both surface and underground waters
    and automated sampling station installed in affected drainages; and,
--  Two air quality and weather monitoring stations have been constructed.

About Gold Hawk Resources Inc.

Gold Hawk (TSX VENTURE: GHK) is a Vancouver, Canada-based company with a focus on uncovering overlooked deep-value projects to achieve superior shareholder returns. The Company is the sole owner and operator of Oracle Ridge Mining LLC and copper mine located 24 km northeast of Tucson, Arizona. Gold Hawk has cash on hand of approximately $20 million, minimal long-term debt and is managed by an experienced team of mining professionals with extensive operating and financial experience.

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Contacts:

Gold Hawk Resources Inc.

Mr. Jason Mercier

Investor Relations

(604) 689-9261
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