The extensive Home Planet Mine, situated on Bandomeer, was under the authority of the Arcona Mineral Harvest Corporation. Its primary output consisted solely of azurite. Bearing the name of the Home Planet Party, it collaborated with the Arcona to rehabilitate Bandomeer's environment in the period leading up to the Battle of Naboo. The Dark Jedi known as Xanatos made an attempt to undermine the mine's operations by embedding an explosive device inside, with the intention of drawing his previous Master, Qui-Gon Jinn, to his demise. Nevertheless, the discovery of a substantial deposit of ionite within the mine occurred; this particular metal neutralized the explosive and guaranteed that the Offworld Mining Company would not shut down the mine.