** Shares of Australia's Cobre Ltd CBE.AX rise as much as
20% to A$0.210 - set to mark best day since Dec 5, if gains hold
** Mineral explorer announces signing of collaboration
agreement with Sandfire Resources SFR.AX
** Says they will carry out collaborative airborne (AGG)
gravity gradient survey over its Ngami, Kitlanya west & east
copper projects in Botswana
** Says AGG survey over project areas will cost a total of
A$877,800 ($600,590.76) and Sandfire will contribute 50%
** In return, Sandfire will have right to use Cobre's data
for the purpose of studying basin-scale geology at its Kalahari
copper belt project
** CBE stock hits highest level since Dec 6
** CBE had risen 86.2% this year, as of last close
($1 = 1.4616 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Nausheen Thusoo in Bengaluru)
((Nausheen.Thusoo@thomsonreuters.com;))