Master Drilling Group Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended December 31, 2016. For the year, the company advised that its earnings per share (‘EPS’) for the year ended 31 December 2016 in ZAR terms are expected to be between 201.40 and 218.60 cents per share compared to the EPS of 172.00 cents per share for the year ended 31 December 2015, which is between 17.1% and 27.1% higher than the EPS of the comparative period as reported in ZAR. Headline earnings per share (‘HEPS’) for the current period are expected to be between 201.10 and 218.70 cents per share compared to the HEPS of 175.90 cents per share for the comparative period, which is between 14.3% and 24.3% higher than the HEPS for the comparative period as reported in ZAR.