Major Drilling Group International Inc. - First quarter results web cast

Date: Thursday, September 8, 2005  Time: 9:00 a.m. (EDT)

MONCTON, NB, Aug. 31 /CNW/ - Francis McGuire, President & Chief Executive
Officer, and Mike Pavey, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer,
invite you to listen to a web cast discussing Major Drilling Group
International Inc.'s first quarter results for fiscal 2006. The Company will
release its results after close of business on September 7, 2005.
Also, a reminder that Major Drilling Group International Inc.'s Annual
General Meeting will be held on September 8, 2005 at 11:00 am EDT at the
Ontario Club, Engineers' Room, Commerce Court South, 30 Wellington Street 
West - 5th Floor in Toronto, Ontario. We hope you can join us.
To access the web cast, please go to the Major Drilling web site at
www.majordrilling.com and hit the attached link, or go directly to the CNW
Group web site at www.newswire.ca for directions. Participants will require
Windows MediaPlayer(TM). Please note that this is listen only mode.