Redhawk Resources, Inc. Announces Appointment of Roth Capital as PAL for OTCQX

VANCOUVER, Oct. 1, 2012 - Redhawk Resources, Inc. ("Redhawk" or the "Company") (TSX:RDK) (OTCQX:RHWKF) (FRANKFURT:QF7) is pleased to announce the appointment of Roth Capital Partners, LLC ("Roth Capital") of Newport Beach, California as Investment Bank Principal American Liaison ("PAL") for the continued listing of the Redhawk's shares on the OTCQX International Tier of the OTC Markets Group Inc. securities quotation system.

J. Stephen Barley, Executive Chairman of Redhawk commented: "Roth Capital has a well respected and expanding capital markets team in the base metals sector and Redhawk is pleased to be working with this group as our Copper Creek project continues to rapidly advance towards a production decision. Copper Creek is a US based project and we are confident Roth Capital will successfully broaden our exposure to the US institutional equity market and create increasing market awareness of our unique copper project."

Roth Capital will replace Stifel Nicolaus & Company Incorporated who were the original PAL for the Company. Redhawk wishes to thank Stifel Nicolaus for all of their efforts on our behalf.


About Redhawk

Redhawk is a Canadian-based resource exploration and development company with primary focus on the accelerated development of its advanced stage Copper Creek copper-molybdenum project in San Manuel, Arizona. The 100% owned Copper Creek property consists of approximately twenty-nine square miles of contiguous patented and unpatented mining claims and state prospecting permits, located about 70 miles northeast of Tucson, Arizona and about 15 miles east of San Manuel. The property is in the prolific southwest US porphyry copper belt at the projected intersection of a major northwest belt of porphyry copper deposits or mines (Ray, Miami/Globe, Superior/Resolution, Johnson Camp) and a major east-northeast belt of porphyry deposits (San Manuel/Kalamazoo, Silver Bell, Lakeshore, Safford, Morenci). The property is within sight of the former BHP Kalamazoo/San Manuel copper smelter and mine and within 30 miles of an existing operating copper mill and smelter. The area is a mining friendly and politically secure location with excellent and readily accessible infrastructure including power, rail, water, roads and qualified consultants.


About Roth Capital Partners

ROTH is an investment banking firm dedicated to the small-cap public market. Since its inception in 1984, ROTH has been an innovator in this market. Headquartered in Newport Beach, CA, ROTH has regional offices in San Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York and Pennsylvania and a Hong Kong Limited Office.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

J. Stephen Barley
Executive Chairman



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Contact

Redhawk Resources, Inc.
J. Stephen Barley, Executive Chairman
604-633-5088
info@redhawkresources.com
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