Trigon Metals not only restarted the Kombat copper mine in October 2021, it spent $10 million refurbishing the existing processing plant. Courtesy of Trigon Metals

The Kombat mining complex in Namibia’s Otavi mountain range shares its name with the small town that was built in 1900 beside the mine to house its workers. At the time, the mine’s original owners wanted to take advantage of the area’s rich copper deposits – and the abundance of underground water.