Australia's American West Metals hits record high on further copper find in Canada

American West Metals

07/08/2023 04:19

** Shares of American West Metals  AW1.AX  rise as much as
13.8% to a record high of A$0.33
    ** Co announces two more discoveries at the Storm Copper
project in Canada
    ** Says discovered new near-surface zone of mineralisation
and deeper sediment-hosted copper system in an under-explored
area of the project
    ** Adds diamond drilling continues on high-priority copper
targets 
    ** More than 23.9 mln shares change hands, compared with the
30-day average of about 9.4 mln shares 
    ** Stock up 169.8% YTD, as of last close 

 (Reporting by Upasana Singh in Bengaluru)
 ((Upasana.Singh@thomsonreuters.com))