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B.C. Driller Found Deceased in Northwest B.C. Near Burns Lake Mourned
The company halted all drilling for the rest of the year after 68-year-old John Phillip "Phil" McLean was found dead near its Deer Horn Property.
- First Tellurium suspended all exploration activities at its Deer Horn Property for the remainder of the year following the death of 68-year-old driller John Phillip "Phil" McLean.
- McLean was reported missing on Sept. 29 and located deceased near Ootsa Lake on Oct. 1 following a concerted search effort by Burns Lake RCMP and Burns Lake Search.
- First Tellurium stated McLean was found following an "accident" near the Deer Horn Property, a polymetallic exploration project approximately 36 kilometres south of Huckleberry Mine.
- Police do not consider the death suspicious, though no official cause of death has been released; McLean had traveled to Ootsa Lake on Sept. 22 to load a "hovercraft/barge."
- "Phil was one of those rare people you never forget," stated First Tellurium President and CEO Tyrone Docherty, describing McLean as a legendary figure in the British Columbia drilling community.
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