Date: Thursday, March 9, 2006 Time: 9:00 a.m. (EST) MONCTON, NB, March 2 /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 third quarter results for fiscal 2006. The Company will release its results after close of business on March 8, 2006. 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.