North American Palladium announced positive production results for the full year of 2017. In 2017, the company produced a total of 201,592 ounces of payable palladium. Since August 2017, the average daily underground production rate was at or above 6,000 tonnes per day, including an average of 6,450 tonnes per day in December. The mill successfully returned to full-time operation in the fourth quarter with underground production supplemented with low-grade surface stockpiles for an average milling rate of 11,274 tonnes per day during the quarter.

The company provided production guidance for fiscal 2018. In 2018, the company expects production of between 230,000-240,000 ounces of payable palladium. In 2018, it look forward to capitalizing on the operational and financial improvements it had already made and on the additional opportunities it had identified.