** Shares of Australian mineral explorer GTI Resources Ltd
GTR.AX rise on plans to spinoff its gold assets to focus on
its "highly prospective" uranium assets in the U.S.
** Says it has executed a binding tenement sale & purchase
agreement for the sale of its Niagara Gold Project in Western
Australia to Regener8 Resources NL urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX8F1RfB
** Regener8 Resources will undertake an IPO process to raise
between A$4.5 mln and A$5.5 mln ($3.20 mln and $3.92 mln) to
facilitate ASX listing, fund exploration at the project
** Regener8 IPO includes a A$2 mln priority offer to GTI
shareholders as GTI will maintain exposure through the project
via a stake in Regener8
** Stock down 16.7% YTD as of last close
($1 = 1.4047 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Harshita Swaminathan in Bengaluru)
((Harshita.Swaminathan@thomsonreuters.com))