A plan to mine near the border of Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp has been stopped after years of battles with conservationists. Alabama's Twin Pines had worked since 2019 to obtain permits to mine ...

An alligator is seen in the Okefenokee Swamp on Mar. 18, 2024. A historic deal protects the swamp from mining. (Hyosub Shin/AJC) By Drew Kann. Updated June 20, 2025.

About a year ago, opponents determined to stop an Alabama company from mining next to the Okefenokee Swamp were running out of options. Here's how a deal came together.

Mining project near the Okefenokee Swamp has stalled over a $2M permit requirement. RUSS BYNUM, The Associated Press. Mon, June 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM UTC. 3 min read.

The Conservation Fund, a national nonprofit, agreed to pay $60.1 million for 7,765 acres near the Okefenokee Swamp once slated to be a mining site.

Land deal ends controversial mining fight near Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp. The $60 million purchase by the Conservation Fund will halt a proposed titanium mine along the ends of North America ...

A high-profile, yearslong fight over a proposal to mine near the nation’s largest blackwater swamp in Georgia has come to an end. The Conservation Fund, a nonprofit that buys at-risk lands for ...

ATLANTA - The Alabama-based company planning to open a titanium mine adjacent to the Okefenokee Swamp has not submitted $2.1 million in financial assurances required to get a permit from ...

After six years, a controversial bid to mine next door to Georgia’s famed Okefenokee Swamp is no more. The Conservation Fund, a nonprofit specializing in acquiring at-risk lands, announced Friday it ...

Sixteen months after Twin Pines Minerals was told to pay a $2 million surety bond to start mining near Okefenokee Swamp, nothing has moved forward.

A hotly debated mining project near the federally protected Okefenokee Swamp has stalled over a $2 million permit requirement needed before Georgia regulators make a final decision.