Drilling rebound is a big plus for these two

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Demand for Major Drilling’s specialized services, especially from senior gold producers, including Australia’s largest mining companies, is now recovering. Meanwhile, Computer Modelling is benefiting from expanding oil and gas drilling in response to overall higher energy prices. We think there are still gains ahead for both stocks and their investors. MAJOR DRILLING, $9.17, is a buy. This large contract driller (Toronto symbol MDI; TSINetwork: Speculative) (majordrilling.com; Shares outstanding: 83.0 million; Market cap: $733.7 million; No dividends paid) mainly serves the mining industry. In the quarter ended April 30, 2023, the company’s revenue fell 2.6%, to $185.0 million from $190.0 million a year earlier. However, the decline was mainly due to bad weather that lowered activity levels in Nevada and Northern Canada during the early stages of the latest quarter. More specifically, revenue in the Canada-U.S. region decreased 8.5%, to $99.8 million. South and Central American revenue fell 5.5% to $45.1 million, while Asian and African operations reported revenue of $40.1 million, which was up 20.8% from the…