** Shares of Black Cat Syndicate BC8.AX fall as much as
21.7% to A$0.208, hit lowest level since March 23, 2020
** Gold miner says it received firm commitments to raise
A$8.3 mln ($5.35 mln) at an issue price of A$0.225 apiece
** Issue price is at a 15.1% discount to stock's last close
** Proceeds from the placement will be predominantly used
for drilling and evaluation activities at Paulsens, WA - co
** Stock set for worst day since April 19, 2022, if trend
holds
** BC8 down 25.4% YTD, as of last close
($1 = 1.5526 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Adwitiya Srivastava in Bengaluru)
((Adwitiya.Srivastava@thomsonreuters.com;))