[6] The mine reopened in the 1980s, then owned jointly by Australian Consolidated Minerals and Placer Pacific, having been described as Australia's biggest unexploited gold deposit at the time.

[5][10] The Big Bell processing plant was removed from January 2007 onwards, for a cost of A$5.2 million and transported to Westonia, to become part of the new Edna May Gold Mine.

Monarch was to take possession of the mine on 1 April 2008 and complete the financial transaction on 30 June 2008,[13] but failed to make the final payment before entering administration, despite receiving improved sales conditions and a cash-cost reduction.

[17] To reduce emissions and cost from its diesel generators, a hybrid energy system with gas turbines, solar power and a grid forming battery began operating in 2024.

[18] Rodney George Criddle, a Jumbo operator at Big Bell, died on 2 September 2000 in an underground rock fall.