** Shares of Cobre CBE.AX rise as much as 11.4% to A$0.10, their highest level since October 31
** Stock heads for best day in a week, if current gains hold
** Copper explorer receives A$4 million ($2.61 million) from Tribeca Investment Partners for 40 million shares in co
** Issue price of A$0.10 per share marks an 8.7% premium to stock's last close
** Proceeds to be used to commence well field development and further exploration at the Ngami Copper project in Botswana
** Stock up 90.2% YTD, including day's moves
($1 = 1.5337 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Aamir Sheik Khalid in Bengaluru)
((Aamir.SheikKhalid@thomsonreuters.com))