Major Drilling added to Composite index

Standard and Poor’s Canadian Index Operations will add Major Drilling Group International (MDI-T) to the S&P-TSX Composite Index, effective June 18.

“We are very pleased to become the only company headquartered in New Brunswick included on the S&P-TSX Composite Index,” says Francis McGuire, president and CEO of Major Drilling.

Meanwhile, the S&P Global Gold Index added several gold companies including Gold Eagle Mines (GEA-T), Gold Reserve (GRZ-T), Great Basin Gold (GBG-T), High River Gold Mines (HRG-T), International Royalty (IRC-T), Jaguar Mining (JAG-T), Kirkland Lake Gold (KGI-T), Metallica Resources (MR-T), and Red Back Mining (RBI-T).

Moto Goldmines (MGL-T) was the only company removed from the Global Gold Index.