EXHIBIT 5.7



December 19, 2006

VIA EDGAR

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

RE:  NORTH AMERICAN PALLADIUM LTD. (THE "CORPORATION")
     AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-10,
     DATED DECEMBER 19, 2006

In connection with the Corporation's Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement
on Form F-10, dated December 19, 2006, and any amendments thereto and any
registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 429 under the United Sates
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Registration Statement"), I, Richard E.
Routledge, hereby consent to the use of my name in connection with references to
my involvement in the preparation of the Corporation's offset high grade zone
resource estimate as at December 31, 2005 (the "High Grade Zone Resource
Estimate") and to references to the High Grade Resource Estimate, or portions
thereof, which have been incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.

I also certify that I have read the Registration Statement and I do not have any
reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information
contained in it or documents incorporated therein by reference that are derived
from the High Grade Resource Estimate, or that are within my knowledge as a
result of the services that I performed in connection with the preparation of
the High Grade Resource Estimate.



Yours truly,



/s/ Richard E. Routledge
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Richard E. Routledge