Late magmatic ore deposits, also referred to as post-magmatic or residual magmatic deposits, are formed during the final stages of crystallization of a magma body. These deposits typically form when the main silicate minerals have already crystallized, leaving behind a residual melt enriched in incompatible elements, volatiles, and ore-forming constituents such as metals. The concentration of these metals occurs due to the chemical incompatibility of certain elements with the early-forming silicate minerals, resulting in their enrichment in the residual magma. The processes leading to late magmatic ore deposits can be broadly categorized into three main types: fractional crystallization, liquid immiscibility, and hydrothermal segregation. Fractional crystallization plays a key role in the formation of late magmatic ore deposits. As a magma body cools, early crystallizing minerals remove major elements from the melt, leaving a residual melt enriched in iron, nickel, chromium, titanium, and other metals. These metals, which are not readily incorporated into the crystallizing silicate phases, gradually concentrate in the remaining melt. This residual melt can form ore minerals directly as it cools or migrate into structural traps and crystallize as cumulate layers. Chromite deposits in ultramafic intrusions such as the Bushveld Complex are classic examples