[2] The project was originally owned by Delta Gold Ltd, which became Auriongold Ltd in February 2002.

[4] A large amount of ore processed at Granny Smith originated from the Wallaby deposit, approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of the mine, and was hauled to the Granny Smith mill for processing.

Barrick sold the mines as it considered them high-cost and required cash to compensate for the rising cost of its Pascua-Lama gold project.

The three mines accounted for six percent of Barrick's annual gold output at the time.

[11][12] In 1999, abandoned mining pits at Granny Smith were used for trials on breeding silver perch and barramundi in salty water.