B.C. project seeks solutions in Alaska

Redfern Resources Ltd., developer of the Tulsequah Chief Project in northwestern British Columbia, is advancing an ingenious and economical way to access the remote mine site.

But the idea to build a year-round transportation system that would use Alaska waterways instead of a contentious 96-mile access road to the mine site from Atlin, B.C., is also encountering opposition.

Redfern, a subsidiary...