** Shares of Australia's Bounty Oil and Gas NL BUY.AX fall
as much as 18.2% to A$0.009, their biggest intraday loss since
Dec. 6, 2023
** Stock at its lowest level since Dec. 22, 2023
** Oil and gas explorer says received commitments to raise
A$1.15 mln ($769,925.00) via share placement at issue price of
A$0.009 per share
** Issue price represents a discount of 18.2% to stock's
last closing
** Issue of 128 mln shares represent 0.13% of co's free
float of 965.9 mln shares - LSEG data
** Stock rose 66.7% in 2023
($1 = 1.4937 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Roshan Thomas in Bengaluru)
((Roshan.Thomas@thomsonreuters.com))