** Shares of mineral explorer Southern Palladium SPD.AX
rise as much as 30% to A$0.650 on ASX debut; open at A$0.585
** Co raises A$19 mln ($13.69 mln) in an initial public
offering at offer price of A$0.50 per share urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX5snY6q
** Co says it is now is well capitalised to accelerate
exploration at its 70%-owned Bengwenyama project in South Africa
** Co will also commence trading on the Johannesburg Stock
Exchange, its secondary listing
** More than 1.7 mln shares trade hands
($1 = 1.3879 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Himanshi Akhand in Bengaluru)
((Himanshi.Akhand@thomsonreuters.com;))