New gold rush.

• Position: STATELINE - Gold mining - Brief Article

There's gold in them thar hills. And with prices hovering at $460 an ounce, Alaska hasn't seen this kind of frenetic exploration for it since the early 1980s. Other precious metals, including nickel and copper, are also fetching a high price. Mineral exploration spending in 2004 was $64.4 million, up a whopping 240 percent from the previous two years. Companies spent $76.3 million on exploration in...