Australia's Aston Minerals slips after discounted placement

Aston Minerals

30/03/2022 04:14

** Shares of miner Aston Minerals  ASO.AX  fall as much as
3.1% to A$0.155, on track for their biggest intraday pct loss
since March 22
    ** Co raises A$29.3 mln ($22.00 mln) at issue price of 14.5
Australian cents/share, 9.4% discount to its March 23 close,
when stock last traded   urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASXBqCrl
    ** About 3 mln shares change hands vs. 30-day avg of 1.6 mln
shares 
    ** Stock up ~52.4% this year, as of last close 


($1 = 1.3317 Australian dollars)

 (Reporting by Tejaswi Marthi in Bengaluru)
 ((tejaswi.marthi@thomsonreuters.com))