Major Drilling Announces Election of Directors

MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK--(Marketwired - Sept. 13, 2016) - Major Drilling Group International Inc. ("Major Drilling" or the "Corporation") (MDI.TO) is pleased to announce that all director nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated July 14, 2016 (the "Circular") were elected as directors of Major Drilling in the course of the annual and special meeting of shareholders of the Corporation (the "Meeting") held September 9, 2016 in Toronto, Ontario.

Each of the ten director nominees listed in the Circular was elected by the holders of common shares of the Corporation on a vote by show of hands. The Corporation received the following proxy votes from the holders of common shares with respect to the election of the ten director nominees:

Director Nominee	Votes For	% For	Votes Withheld	% Withheld
Edward J. Breiner	65,894,226	96.92	2,095,660	3.08
Jean Desrosiers	67,970,333	99.97	19,553	0.03
Fred J. Dyment	67,968,433	99.97	21,453	0.03
David A. Fennell	58,322,676	85.78	9,667,210	14.22
Denis Larocque	67,872,746	99.83	117,140	0.17
Francis P. McGuire	67,871,046	99.83	118,840	0.17
Catherine McLeod-Seltzer	66,256,894	97.45	1,732,992	2.55
Janice G. Rennie	67,967,733	99.97	22,153	0.03
David B. Tennant	62,198,176	91.48	5,791,710	8.52
Jo Mark Zurel	66,176,722	97.33	1,813,164	2.67

The formal report on voting results with respect to all matters voted upon during the Meeting will be filed with the regulatory authorities shortly.

About 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 and underground percussive/longhole drilling.