Petrohawk Energy Corporation Schedules Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

HOUSTON, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Petrohawk Energy Corporation (NYSE: HK) has scheduled a conference call for Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. EDT (10:00 a.m. CDT) to discuss third quarter 2010 financial and operating results. To access, dial 888-263-2919 five to ten minutes before the call begins. Please reference Petrohawk Energy Conference ID 5621024. International callers may also participate by dialing 913-312-1433. A replay of the call will be available approximately two hours after the live broadcast ends and will be accessible until November 9, 2010. To access the replay, please dial 888-203-1112 and reference conference ID 5621024. International callers may listen to a playback by dialing 719-457-0820. In addition, the call will be webcast live on Petrohawk's website at http://www.petrohawk.com. A replay of the call will be available at that site through November 9, 2010.

Petrohawk Energy Corporation is an independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, production, exploration and development of natural gas and oil with properties concentrated in the Haynesville Shale of North Louisiana and East Texas, the Fayetteville Shale of Central Arkansas, and the Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas.

For more information contact Joan Dunlap, Vice President -- Investor Relations, at 832-204-2737 or [email protected]. For additional information about Petrohawk, please visit our website at http://www.petrohawk.com.

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