Controversial Okefenokee mine project delayed as company fails to post required funds Georgia EPD says Twin Pines Minerals has not provided the $2 million in collateral required to obtain a permit.

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 ...

Miners want to return to the treasured landscape, promising an economic boost while raising fears of how modern gold ...

Georgia environmentalists are still celebrating a conservation group’s announcement last month that it plans to purchase thousands of acres of land targeted for mining near the Okefenokee ...

A conservation group purchased land near the swamp and wildlife refuge to halt a company's bid to mine for titanium.