** Shares of Aurum Resources AUE.AX rise as much as 7.7%
to A$0.420, their highest level ever
** Diversified miner enters strategic partnership agreement
through unit with Ivorian co Geb & Nut Resources Sarl
** Co says agreeement to earn up to a 70% interest in,
explore and develop tenement at offshore project in West Africa
** Around 324,638 shares change hands, compared with the
30-day average volume of 333,241 shares
** Stock has risen 56% this year as of last close
(Reporting by Shivangi Lahiri in Bengaluru)
((shivangi.lahiri@thomsonreuters.com))