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Major Drilling Announces Completion of Purchase of African Drilling Operation
Major Drilling Announces Completion of Purchase of African Drilling Operation.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nMONCTON, NB, Dec. 22 /CNW/ - Major Drilling Group International Inc.\n(TSX: MDI) is pleased to announce that, through its wholly owned subsidiaries,\nit has completed the purchase of the drilling assets of the Longstaff group in\nsouthern Africa. These include the operations of Raldril (Pty) Limited in\nSouth Africa, RA Longstaff (Botswana) (Pty) Ltd in Botswana, and R.A.\nLongstaff Namibia (Pty) Limited in Namibia. This purchase of assets was\npreviously announced on December 1, 2006.\n\n\nBased in Moncton, New Brunswick, Major Drilling Group International Inc.\nis one of the world's largest metals and minerals contract drilling service\ncompanies. To support its customers' mining operations and mineral exploration\nactivities, Major Drilling maintains operations in Canada, the United States,\nSouth and Central America, and in Australia, Africa, Indonesia, and Mongolia.\n\n\n","length":934,"tagName":"div"}]