Major Drilling Reports First Quarter Results for Fiscal 2017

1. NATURE OF ACTIVITIES
Major Drilling Group International Inc. (the “Company”) is incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act and has its head office at 111 St. George Street, Suite 100, Moncton, NB, Canada. The Company’s common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”). The principal source of revenue consists of contract drilling for companies primarily involved in mining and mineral exploration. The Company has operations in Canada, the United States, Mexico, South America, Asia, Africa and Europe.
2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Statement of compliance
These Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting (“IAS 34”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and using the accounting policies as outlined in the Company’s annual Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended April 30, 2016.
On September 6, 2016, the Board of Directors authorized the financial statements for issue.
Basis of consolidation
These Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements incorporate the financial statements of the Company and entities controlled by the Company. Control is achieved when the Company is exposed, or has rights to variable returns from its involvement with the investee and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the investee.
The results of subsidiaries acquired or disposed of during the period are included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations from the effective date of acquisition or up to the effective date of disposal, as appropriate.
Intra-group transactions, balances, income and expenses are eliminated on consolidation, where appropriate.
Basis of preparation
These Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared based on the historical cost basis except for certain financial instruments that are measured at fair value, using the same accounting policies and methods of computation as presented in the Company’s annual Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended April 30, 2016.
3. APPLICATION OF NEW AND REVISED IFRS
The following IASB standards, now in effect, have had no significant impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements:

The Company has not applied the following revised IASB standards that have been issued, but are not yet effective:

4. KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTY AND CRITICAL ACCOUNTING JUDGMENTS
The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that are not readily apparent from other sources, which affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimate is revised, if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods, if the revision affects both current and future periods. Significant areas requiring the use of management estimates relate to the useful lives of property, plant and equipment for depreciation purposes, property, plant and equipment and inventory valuation, determination of income and other taxes, assumptions used in the compilation of share-based payments, fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business acquisitions, amounts recorded as accrued liabilities, contingent consideration and allowance for doubtful accounts, and impairment testing of goodwill and intangible assets.
The Company applied judgment in determining the functional currency of the Company and its subsidiaries, the determination of cash-generating units (“CGUs”), the degree of componentization of property, plant and equipment, and the recognition of provisions and accrued liabilities.
5. SEASONALITY OF OPERATIONS
The third quarter (November to January) is normally the Company’s weakest quarter due to the shutdown of mining and exploration activities, often for extended periods over the holiday season.
6. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Capital expenditures for the three months ended July 31, 2016 were $2,777 (2015 ‐ $5,236). The Company obtained direct financing of nil in the current quarter (2015 – $1,971).
7. INCOME TAXES
The income tax provision for the period can be reconciled to accounting loss as follows:

The Company periodically assesses its liabilities and contingencies for all tax years open to audit based upon the latest information available. For those matters where it is probable that an adjustment will be made, the Company records its best estimate of these tax liabilities, including related interest charges. Inherent uncertainties exist in estimates of tax contingencies due to changes in tax laws. While management believes they have adequately provided for the probable outcome of these matters, future results may include favorable or unfavorable adjustments to these estimated tax liabilities in the period the assessments are made, or resolved, or when the statutes of limitations lapse.
8. LOSS PER SHARE
All of the Company’s earnings are attributable to common shares therefore net loss is used in determining loss per share.

The calculation of diluted loss per share for the three months ended July 31, 2016 excludes the effect of 3,710,913 options (2015 ‐ 3,921,796) as they were anti‐dilutive.
The total number of shares outstanding on July 31, 2016 was 80,136,884 (2015 – 80,136,884).
9. SEGMENTED INFORMATION
The Company’s operations are divided into the following three geographic segments, corresponding to its management structure: Canada – U.S.; South and Central America; and Asia and Africa. The services provided in each of the reportable segments are essentially the same. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the Company’s annual Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended April 30, 2016. Management evaluates performance based on earnings from operations in these three geographic segments before finance costs, general corporate expenses and income taxes. Data relating to each of the Company’s reportable segments is presented as follows:
9. SEGMENTED INFORMATION (Continued)

*Canada – U.S. includes revenue of $19,941 and $31,672 for Canadian operations for the three months ended July 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
**General corporate expenses include expenses for corporate offices and stock options.

9. SEGMENTED INFORMATION (Continued)

*Canada – U.S. includes property, plant and equipment at July 31, 2016 of $66,958 (April 30, 2016 – $70,527) for Canadian operations.
10. RESTRUCTURING CHARGE
During the previous year, due to ongoing market difficulties in the Republic of South Africa and Namibia, the Company decided to close its operations in those countries.
These restructuring initiatives generated impairment losses calculated based on the determination of the fair value of assets less cost of disposal. Fair value was determined through the use of industry knowledge and specialists.
The costs related to these initiatives were recorded as part of the restructuring charge for a total of $6,432. This amount consisted of an impairment charge of $3,479 relating to property, plant and equipment, a write‐down of $1,304 to reduce inventory to net realizable value, employee severance charges of $387 incurred to rationalize the workforce, and other non-cash charges of $262. The remaining charge of $1,000 related to the cost of winding down operations.
11. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Fair value
The carrying values of cash, trade and other receivables, demand credit facility and trade and other payables approximate their fair value due to the relatively short period to maturity of the instruments. The carrying value of long-term debt approximates its fair value as most debts carry variable interest rates, and the remaining fixed rate debts have been acquired recently and their carrying value continues to reflect fair value. The fair value of the interest rate swap included in long‐term debt is measured using quoted interest rates. Contingent consideration is recorded at fair value and is classified as level 2 in accordance with the fair value hierarchy.

• Level 1 – quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
• Level 2 – inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the assets or liabilities, either directly (i.e., as prices) or indirectly (i.e., derived from prices); and
• Level 3 – inputs for the assets or liabilities that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

11. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Continued)
There were no transfers of amounts between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 financial instruments for the quarter ended July 31, 2016. Additionally, there are no financial instruments classified as Level 3.
The fair value hierarchy requires the use of observable market inputs whenever such inputs exist. A financial instrument is classified to the lowest level of the hierarchy for which a significant input has been considered in measuring fair value.
During the quarter, due to the level of EBITDA, the debt service ratio was not met under the debt agreement. The debt continues to be presented as long-term, consistent with the debt agreement, as the lenders provided a waiver during the quarter.
Credit risk
As at July 31, 2016, 87.0% (April 30, 2016 – 85.9%) of the Company’s trade receivables were aged as current and 1.4% (April 30, 2016 – 7.2%) of the trade receivables were impaired.
The movements in the allowance for impairment of trade receivables during the three-month periods were as follows:

Foreign currency risk
As at July 31, 2016, the most significant carrying amounts of net monetary assets that: (i) are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the respective Company subsidiary; (ii) cause foreign exchange rate exposure; and (iii) may include intercompany balances with other subsidiaries, including the impact on earnings before income taxes (“EBIT”), if the corresponding rate changes by 10%, are as follows:

11. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Continued)
Liquidity risk
The following table details contractual maturities for the Company’s financial liabilities.