Petrohawk Energy Corporation ("Company") (NASDAQ:HAWK) has scheduled a conference call on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. CDT (10:30 a.m. EDT) to discuss second quarter 2006 financial and operating results. The Company expects to issue a press release summarizing these results the same morning. The full text of the release will be available on the Company's website, www.petrohawk.com.

To access, dial 800-644-8607 five to ten minutes before the call begins. Please reference Petrohawk Energy Conference ID 3598516. International callers may also participate by dialing 706-679-8184. A replay of the call will be available approximately two hours after the live broadcast ends and will be accessible through August 16, 2006. To access the replay, please dial 800-642-1687 and reference conference ID 3598516. International callers may listen to a playback by dialing 706-645-9291.

Petrohawk Energy Corporation is an independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, production, exploration and development of oil and gas, with properties concentrated in the East Texas / North Louisiana, Gulf Coast, Permian and Mid-Continent regions.

For more information contact Shane M. Bayless, EVP--Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at 832-204-2727 or sbayless@petrohawk.com; or contact Joan Dunlap, Assistant Treasurer at (832) 204-2737 or jdunlap@petrohawk.com. For additional information about Petrohawk, please visit our website at www.petrohawk.com.