Boisterous Irish prospector Terry Flanagan, best known for his extensive work in northwestern Quebec with Jack McAdam (1926-1990), has died. He was 74.
Flanagan graduated from the University of Toronto in 1951 with a bachelor of science degree in geology. In 1953, he completed his master’s degree in geology.
Flanagan met McAdam later that year at a New Brunswick project touted by promoter James Boylen. The two instantly hit it off.
Working together under difficult conditions, Flanagan and McAdam established themselves in the Chibougamau region, where they sealed many a deal with a handshake.
“You wouldn’t think of going into Chibougamau without without looking up Flanagan and McAdam,” Al Storey, then-president of Storimin Exploration, once told The Northern Miner Magazine.
However, many of their discoveries in the area, including a 200-million-ton asbestos deposit, were not developed until the 1970s and ’80s, owing to market conditions.
The two contributed to the discovery and development of the Montauban gold mine in northern Quebec, which was shut down in 1990 after producing 93,000 oz. gold.
McAdam died of an aneuryism in 1990 after a shareholders meeting of the Muscocho Group of companies, of which Flanagan-McAdam and McNellen Resources were member companies. Flanagan and McAdam were principals in Muscocho.
Flanagan also carried out mineral exploration work in Mexico, Australia and Central America.
He was a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, Ordre des ingenieurs du Quebec, and the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada.
He is survived by his wife, Anne, and children, Janine and Brian, as well as several grandchildren.
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