Forum's mineral claims cover an approximate 18 km strike length of what is known as the Love Lake
Igneous Complex (including the Swan River Complex, Love Lake Pluton and other intrusive rocks).
Nickel-copper and platinum group metals ("PGM") bearing sulphide minerals occur in a 60 km by 27 km elliptical igneous body called the Sudbury
Igneous Complex ("SIC").
All of the group's assets are situated in various locations across South Africa's Bushveld
Igneous Complex, which is the world's richest source of PG.
On a qualitative basis, they linked elevated dolomite Fe, Mn, and Zn concentrations with midocean ridge vent emissions derived from the Predazzo
igneous complex near the Latemar platform (Figure 1(b)).
"In reviewing the opportunity, our exploration team quickly recognized the significant potential for Ni-Cu-PGM mineralization on unexplored portions of the (Sudbury
Igneous Complex) basal contact and footwall of the property, which are not subject to the Lockerby Mine closure plan."
In this way we could judge whether the clasts were derived from a single
igneous complex or from unrelated intrusives.
Bye and Bell (2001) has studied the open pit with respect to the slope stability and described, "Sandsloot open pit is located on the northern limb of the Bushveld
Igneous Complex. It is the largest open pit platinum mine in the world.
The orebody runs along the eastern edge of the eastern limb of the mafic Bushveld Complex, an ancient
igneous complex over 2 billion years old.