** Shares of Australia's Mitre Mining Corp MMC.AX soar as
much as 17.1% to A$0.24 after co says it was granted a new
mining tenement
** Stock set for biggest ever intraday percentage climb
** Mineral explorer says it has applied for and received
official notification of the granting of a new tenement, named
the "Araluen Project" urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX79Dzc
** Project is located about 50km from co's existing tenement
in New South Wales, Australia
** Site expected to add gold and base metals to co's
portfolio
** Stock hits highest level since Oct. 11
** About 1.5 mln shares change hands, compared with the
30-day average of about 116,000 shares
** MMC down 19.6% since its ASX listing on Sept. 30, as of
last close
(Reporting by Harshita Swaminathan in Bengaluru)
((Harshita.Swaminathan@thomsonreuters.com))