
Acquired Hosking Diamond Drilling Ltd., located in Rouyn, Québec. In the same year Kennebec Drilling Ltd. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Maine Diamond Drilling, Inc., became affiliates of the Company.

Acquired Dominik Drilling (1981) Inc., based in Val d’Or, Québec.

Formed with the acquisition of Ideal Drilling (1980) Ltd., based in Bathurst, New Brunswick.