** Shares of Coda Minerals COD.AX fall as much as 27.6% to
A$0.105, their lowest level since March 13
** The mineral explorer to raise A$2.77 mln ($1.81 mln)
through a placement
** Issue price of A$0.09 per share represents a near 38%
discount to stock's last close
** Co says placement to support exploration and feasibility
at its Elizabeth Creek copper project in South Australia
** About 435,048 shares change hands, compared with 30-day
average trading volume of 124,065 shares
($1 = 1.5302 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by John Biju in Bengaluru)
((John.Biju@thomsonreuters.com;))