** Shares of Australian Silica Quartz ASQ.AX rise as much
as 5.8% to A$0.055, hitting their highest since July 4
** The silica sand and hard rock quarts explorer says it got
A$1 mln ($672,000.00) fee from Private Energy Partners for
development of Quartz Hill Development project in North
Queensland
** The fee is to get exclusive right to purchase 10 mln
tonnes of Metallurgical Grade Silicon Quartz Lump feedstock from
Quartz Hill
** Stock up 4% so far this year, as of last close
($1 = 1.4881 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Navya Mittal in Bengaluru)
((navya.mittal@thomsonreuters.com))