Master Drilling Group Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended 31 December 2013. For the year ended 31 December 2013, the company expects to report earnings per share in ZAR to be between 96.3 and 100.5 South African cents in comparison to that of the prior comparative period of 82.1 South African cents; headline earnings per share in ZAR to be between 97.3 and 101.2 South African cents in comparison to that of the prior comparative period of 77.3 South African cents; EPS in USD to be between 10.0 and 10.4 US cents in comparison to that of the prior comparative period of 9.4 US cents; and HEPS in USD to be between 10.1 and 10.5 US cents in comparison to that of the prior comparative period of 8.9 US cents. In assessing the EPS and HEPS for the year ended 31 December 2013, shareholders should note that during the 2012 financial year, Master Drilling had an average of 13 059 916 ordinary shares in issue.

During the restructuring and listing of Master Drilling additional shares were issued during the second half of 2012. The main reasons for the increase in earnings are the company's strategy to diverse globally. New contracts in Africa have started to contribute to revenue.

The company's strong organic growth in Latin America during the 2013 financial year along with the controlling of costs has resulted in an increase in profit margins.