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"BHWX News" Black Hawk Exploration's Wholly Owned Subsidiary Blue Lithium Energy Engages Boart Longyear for Clayton Valley Lithium Drill Program

FOX ISLAND, Wash., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Black Hawk
Exploration, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BHWX) wholly owned subsidiary, Blue
Lithium Energy Corp. announced today that it has engaged Boart Longyear
Limited (Boart) to commence its Clayton Valley Lithium drill program.
Drilling will begin within the next two weeks. Blue Lithium previously
received an affirmative decision from the United States Department of
Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Tonopah, Nevada for its Clayton
Valley, Nye County lithium exploration. A financial guarantee Bond was
required and has been submitted and accepted by 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 engagement of
Boart Longyear will allow Management to fast track its drill program and
confirm the Lithium brine levels at our Clayton Valley, Nevada claims.

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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 largest and only
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
subsidiary's 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 Llithium exploration through its wholly owned
subsidiary Blue Lithium Energy Corp and Gold discovery through its wholly
owned Golden Black Hawk Inc's Dun Glen holdings. Black Hawk is committed to
an aggressive program of value added property acquisition, project
generation, asset diversity and building Shareholder value.