[4] In 2007, the mining tenements were enlarged through the acquisition of the Mount Pleasant and Ora Banda properties.

Shortly after, on 26 April 2007, Norton announced it had purchased the mine from Barrick Gold for A$45 million.

Production performance of the mine was below plan in 2008-09, having been scheduled at 145,000 ounces and achieved only 137,000, because of shortfalls in the second half of 2008.

[7] In August 2009, Norton signed an agreement with Curtin University of Technology’s Western Australian School of Mines (WASM) to establish cooperation in education, professional development, and research and development between WASM and the Paddington Gold Mine.

[9] Following acquisition by Chinese company Zijin Mining, Norton Gold Fields Limited was delisted from the Australian Securities Exchange in July 2017.