** Shares of Australia's Antipa Minerals AZY.AX drop as
much as 16.2% to A$0.026, their lowest since April 6, 2021
** The Australian miner says it received binding commitments
to raise A$9 mln ($6.15 mln) before costs via a placement of
333.7 mln shares urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nTUE887W0S
** Issue price of A$0.027 represents a 12.9% discount to
stock's last closing price of A$0.031 on Sept 7
** More than 8 mln shares change hands, vs the 30-day
average volume of 2.3 mln shares
** Antipa stock down 36.7% this year, as of last close
($1 = 1.4643 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Poonam Behura)
((Poonam.Behura@thomsonreuters.com;))