Major Drilling Announces Election of Directors

MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK--(Marketwired - Sept. 14, 2015) - 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 17, 2015 (the "Circular") were elected as directors of Major Drilling in the course of the annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation (the "Meeting") held September 11, 2015 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		66,339,147		99.97		17,132		0.03
Jean Desrosiers		66,339,347		99.97		16,932		0.03
Fred J. Dyment		64,460,691		97.14		1,895,588		2.86
David A. Fennell		61,528,660		92.72		4,827,619		7.28
Denis Larocque		66,168,741		99.72		187,538		0.28
Francis P. McGuire		66,199,727		99.76		156,552		0.24
Catherine McLeod-Seltzer		64,627,597		97.39		1,728,682		2.61
Janice G. Rennie		64,582,436		97.33		1,773,843		2.67
David B. Tennant		62,981,538		94.91		3,374,741		5.09
Jo Mark Zurel		64,585,453		97.33		1,770,826		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, and Africa. 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.