Major Drilling Group International Inc.

Major Drilling Group International Inc. is one of the world’s largest drilling services companies primarily serving the mining industry. To support its customers’ varied exploration drilling requirements, Major Drilling maintains field operations and offices in Canada, the United States, Mexico, South America, Asia, Africa and Europe. Major Drilling provides all types of drilling services including surface and underground coring, directional, reverse circulation, sonic, geotechnical, environmental, water-well, coal-bed methane, shallow gas, underground percussive/longhole drilling and a variety of drilling-related mine services. Over the years, the Company has positioned itself as one of the largest specialized operators in the world by leveraging its main competitive advantages: specialized equipment, long-standing relationships with the world’s largest mining companies, access to capital, and skilled personnel. This positioning is strengthened by the Company’s senior management having experienced several economic and mining industry cycles. During the last several years, the Company has achieved strong growth while remaining focused on the long-term objective of building a solid company for the future. Our corporate strategy remains to: • be the world leader in specialized drilling; • diversify our services within the drilling field; • maintain a strong balance sheet; • be the best in class in safety and human resources; and • modernize our conventional fleet and expand our footprint in strategic areas. Major Drilling’s common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol MDI and are included in the TSX Composite Index.