Great Central Mines, with Jundee, Bronzewing and the Wiluna Gold Mine, was taken over by Normandy Mining in June 2000 and Normandy, in turn, by the Newmont Mining Corporation in February 2002.[6][7] Newmont sold the operations to Northern Star Resources in 2014.[8]
The mine was operating as an open pit and underground mine until 2007, when the last open pit closed. Newmont planned to return to open pit mining in 2010 if drilling results were positive.[9][10] Open pit mining commenced again under the subsequent owner, Northern Star Resources, during the 2019–20 financial year.[11]
In June 2014, Northern Star Resources completed the purchase of the mine from Newmont at a cost of $US82.5 million. Earlier in the year, Northern Star had already purchased the Plutonic, Kanowna Belle and Kundana Gold Mines from Barrick Gold for US$100 million, making the company Australia's second-largest gold producer, behind Newmont, at the time.[12][13]
As of 2024[update], the mine expands its electricity system with 24 MW wind power, 16.9 MWp solar power and a 12 MW / 13.4 MWh battery, supplying half of the mine's power needs.[14]
Production figures for the mine under the ownership of Northern Star Resources. From 2020, Northern Star reported combined figures for the Yandal Production Centre, which consist of Jundee and the Bronzewing Gold Mine. The Thunderbox Gold Mine was also added to the Yandal operations in 2021 period but production figures were reported separately for 2020–21. The Bronzewing mine, acquired in 2019, remained in care and maintenance:[11][21][22][23][1]
Year
Production
Grade
Cost per ounce
2014–15
2015–16
209,515 ounces
5.5 g/t
A$1,007
2016–17
233,556 ounces
5.2 g/t
A$948
2017–18
283,288 ounces
5.4 g/t
A$870
2018–19
295,053 ounces
A$981
2019–20
294,279 ounces
A$1,095
2020–21
286,676 ounces
A$1,278
2021–22
310,225 ounces
3.9 g/t
A$1,295
2022–23
320,201 ounces
3.6 g/t
A$1,365
Notes
^[1] Production figure is for the combined Yandal Production Centre, which consists of the Jundee and Bronzewing Gold Mine. The Bronzewing mine remained in care and maintenance during the 2019 to 2021 period. The Thunderbox Gold Mine was also added to the Yandal operations during that time period but production figures were reported separately.
^"View Acquires Bronzewing"(PDF). View Resources Limited website. 15 June 2004. Archived from the original(PDF) on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
