Black Hawk Exploration (fka BHWX)

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BHWX News this morning..

Black Hawk Exploration's Subsidiary Receives Bureau of Land Management Approval on Lithium Drill Program

FOX ISLAND, Wash., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Black Hawk Exploration, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BHWX; "Black Hawk") wholly owned subsidiary, Blue Lithium Energy announces it has received an affirmative decision from the United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Tonopah, Nevada to commence its Clayton Valley, Nye County drill program. A financial guarantee Bond was required and has been submitted to the BLM, Branch of Minerals Adjudication to warranty complete reclamation of any environmental disturbance to the drill area and keep within Black Hawk Exploration's corporate "Green Policy". The Bureau of Land Management determination notice will remain in effect for 2 years from the date of the Blue Lithium Energy approval decision. The original Notice of Drill Exploration was filed by Blue Lithium Energy November 25th, 2009 and the affirmative decision will allow Management to fast track our drill program and confirm the Lithium brine levels at our Clayton Valley, Nevada claims.

About Clayton Valley

On September 30th, 2009 Black Hawk announced its Clayton Valley, Nevada, 56 claim, 1120 acre acquisition located in the Lithium brine rich Clayton Valley, Nevada. Clayton Valley is the home of the only and largest Lithium brine production facility in the United States. The plant (Chemetall-Foote) has been in production since 1967. The plant is designed to produce 1.2 million Kg of Lithium per year and has produced an estimated 50 million Kg of Lithium to date. Black Hawk's Blue Lithium Energy subsidiaries claims are located in close proximity to the Chemetall-Foote Mining facility. The American Institute of Mining estimates the Lithium resources of the Clayton Valley to be 750,000,000 Kg. Clayton Valley Lithium brine deposits are found at depths of a few hundred meters and can be extracted in an environmentally friendly manner. Lithium is a key element used in the development of the Electric Car battery power source.

About Black Hawk Exploration, Inc.:

Black Hawk is a diversified metals and energy exploration company with its current focus on lithium exploration through its wholly owned subsidiary Blue Lithium and Gold discovery through its wholly owned Golden Black Hawk, Dun Glen holdings. Black Hawk is committed to an aggressive program of value added property acquisition, project generation, asset diversity and building Shareholder value.

"Safe Harbor" Statement: Under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements in the press release that relate to the company's expectations with regard to the future impact on the company's results from new products in development are forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Certain oral statements made by management from time to time and certain statements contained in press releases and periodic reports issued by Black Hawk (the "Company"), as well as those contained herein, that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and, because such statements involve risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

SOURCE Black Hawk Exploration, Inc.

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