The Granny Smith Gold Mine is a gold mine 21 km south of Laverton, Western Australia near Mount Weld and operated by Gold Fields.
As of 2022, it is one of four mines the company operates in Australia, the others being the Agnew, Gruyera and St Ives.
History
The Granny Smith gold deposit was discovered in 1979 by Canadian prospector Ray Lovi Smith and named after his wife Laurende.[1]
Construction of the mine took place in the late 1980s.[2]
The project was originally owned by Delta Gold, which became Auriongold in February 2002. Aurion was taken over by Placer Dome in 2003, who already held a 60% interest in the mine,