The Bronzewing deposit was discovered by Mark Creasy, and its sale earned him an entry into the Guinness Book of Records as the prospector receiving the richest payout,[4] A$115 million from Great Central Mines.

It forecast a mine life of 4.5 years at an annual production rate of 120,000 ounces of gold, hoping to extend these figures.

[15] On 6 February 2008, the directors of the company announced a production short fall, with only 6,500 ounces produced instead of the expected 10,000 for January.

[19] Shortly after, on 7 October, the administrators of View Resources Gold, Ferrier Hodgson, announced that the company will eventually go into liquidation.

[22] Ore shortfalls caused the mine to underperform in its first full year of operation, with only 75,000 ounces processed.

Navigator was forced to cut back its production projection for 2011-12 to 75,000 to 80,000 ounces and to raise additional cash through a A$32.6 million renouncable rights issue.

The reason for the failure of the Bronzewing project was seen in the low grades the mine produced and the high labour costs in Australia.

[28] Echo Resources announced in early 2019 that it would refurbish the Bronzewing processing plant with the aim of extracting 379,000 ounces of gold from the mine over a four year period.

The Thunderbox Gold Mine was also added to the Yandal operations in 2021 period but production figures were reported separately for 2020–21.