Southern Palladium Limited Southern Palladium Limited (ASX:SPD SPD.AX, JSE:SDL SDL) engages in the exploration and development of platinum group metals projects in South Africa. The company holds a 70% interest in the Bengwenyama Platinum Group Metals project located on the Eastern Limb of the Bushveld Complex, targeting palladium, rhodium, platinum, ruthenium, iridium, osmium, nickel, chromite, copper and gold deposits from the Merensky and UG2 reefs; the project features a JORC 2012-compliant Inferred Mineral Resource of 18.8 million ounces of PGMs with total resource potential estimated at 33.9-52.4 million ounces. Southern Palladium Limited, founded in 2020 and headquartered at Level 1, 283 George Street in Sydney, Australia, advances the project through staged development comprising Phase 1 production of 200,000 ounces of PGMs annually from 1.2 million tonnes per annum expanding to 400,000 ounces from 2.4 million tonnes per annum in Phase 2, utilizing conventional two-stage milling and flotation processing with downstream refining at existing South African facilities. In October 2025, the company completes a A$20 million equity placement to three new global institutional investors at A$1.10 per share to fund the Definitive Feasibility Study, mining licence applications, final investment decision preparation targeted for 2026, and initial mine development activities including box cut construction and decline access at Bengwenyama; a concurrent Share Purchase Plan of up to A$1 million provides retail shareholder participation. Operations partner with the Bengwenyama Community holding the remaining 30% interest, emphasizing low-cost, high-grade, shallow mineralization to serve global automotive catalytic converters, clean energy technologies and industrial applications amid tightening PGM supply constraints.