Australia's Challenger Exploration rises on gold-copper find at Ecuador project

Challenger Gold

09/03/2022 01:18

** Shares of Challenger Exploration Ltd  CEL.AX  rise as
much as 6.1% to A$0.350, their biggest intraday pct jump since
Feb. 21
    ** Gold explorer says https://challengerex.com/wp-content/uploads/SignificantHighGradeIntersectionAtElGuayaboProject09Mar22.pdf
 "significant high-grade" gold-copper-silver intersection
discovered at its El Guayabo project in Ecuador
    ** CEL at its highest level since March 3; up 11.9% so far
this year as of last close
    ** More than 1.2 mln shares change hands, vs the 30-day
average of 1.3 mln shares

 (Reporting by Sameer Manekar in Bengaluru)
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