Australia's Augustus Minerals climbs on ASX debut
** Shares of Augustus Minerals Ltd AUG.AX rise as much as
27.5% to A$0.255 on their first day of trading on the ASX
** Rare earth explorer lists on ASX after its initial public
offering, which raised A$10 mln ($6.78 mln) at an issue price of
A$0.20 per share
** Stock opens trading at A$0.23, last up 12.5% at A$0.225
** About 2.6 mln shares trade hands
($1 = 1.4743 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Navya Mittal in Bengaluru)
((navya.mittal@thomsonreuters.com))