Vancouver, BC-based Redcorp Ventures is planning to use an Air Cushion Barge (ACB) towed by an amphibious tugboat, called an Amphitrac, to move ore concentrate down the Taku River from northwest British Columbia to Juneau, Alaska. Redcorp is developing a new copper mine in the North and is looking at river transportation as an alternative to building a road to move concentrate. With a scheduled opening in late 2008 the Tulsequah Chief mine will produce copper, lead, zinc and gold and, according