Redfern Resources Ltd. has come up with a new plan for transporting supplies and ore up and down the Taku River between the company's Tulsequah Chief zinc-copper-lead-gold-silver project in British Columbia and the Port of Juneau, about 40 kilometers, or 65 miles away.

The new proposal, submitted to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Nov. 19, outlines the use of shallow draft river tugs, t...