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.

The Okefenokee is the largest U.S. refuge east of the Mississippi River, covering nearly 630 square miles (1,630 square kilometers) in southeast Georgia.

Drone photograph shows equipment stationed on the Twin Pines Minerals mine site on Monday, Mar. 18, 2024, in Charlton County near the Okefenokee Swamp. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com) ...

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.

Chemours has a history in the region, having spun off of DuPont in 2015, which proposed a strip mine during the 1990s near the swamp that failed to come to fruition amid strong public opposition.

ATLANTA (WRBL) — U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff released a statement addressing the Okefenokee Swamp Land deal on Friday and discussed taking the proper steps to continue to preserve the land and protect ...

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.

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.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A company that has spent years battling conservationists as it seeks a permit to mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge needs to do ...

The Okefenokee is the largest U.S. refuge east of the Mississippi River, covering nearly 630 square miles (1,630 square kilometers) in southeast Georgia.

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.