...through First Nation land. The route would have traveled south from Atlin, British Columbia to the mine in the Tulsequah Valley. At a meeting of the Taku River Task Force in January, Chieftain assured the task force its investors expected...

...Taku River Tlingit First Nation in July that calls the Taku River the preferred route for industrial access to the Tulsequah Valley.The potential impacts these barges will have on the fisheries is what spurred the task force's development...

...an access road. The recent Land Use Plan agreement between the Tlingit and B.C. government states, "To the Tulsequah Valley, the preferred access is by barge via the Taku River." It seems extremely optimistic for Chieftain to expect the...

...productivity. An industrial mining district in the Tulsequah Valley, with associated road-building and river barging...Columbia could say no to industrial mining in the Tulsequah valley, where mining already has a poor track record...