The area is underlain by andesites, basalts and rhyolites of the Jurassic Hazelton Group. Chalcopyrite, malachite, azurite, bornite and barite occur in a northwest trending, steeply dipping shear zone within the volcanics. The shears range up to 1.0 metre in width.

During 2008 through 2013, Casa Minerals Inc. completed programs of prospecting, geological mapping, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling and ground magnetometer surveys on the area as the Pitman property. In 2014, Abcana Capital Inc. entered into an agreement with Casa Minerals to acquire the Pitman property. During 2015 through 2017, Abcana and Casa Minerals completed programs of prospecting, reconnaissance geological mapping, and soil and rock sampling on the Pitman property.