Date: Wednesday, September 6, 2006 Time: 9:00 a.m. (EDT) HALIFAX, Aug. 30 /CNW/ - Francis McGuire, President & Chief Executive Officer, and Denis Larocque, Chief Financial Officer, invite you to listen to a web cast discussing Major Drilling Group International Inc.'s first quarter results for fiscal 2007. The Company will release its results the morning of September 6, 2006. Also, a reminder that Major Drilling Group International Inc.'s Annual General Meeting will be held on September 6, 2006 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).