** Shares of Australia's Critical Minerals CMG.AX fall as
much as 8.1% to A$0.17, their biggest intraday fall since Feb. 5
** Battery metals co receives firm commitments to raise
A$1.70 mln ($1.12 mln) via placement at issue price of A$0.15
per share
** Issue price represents a discount of 18.9% to stock's
last closing level
** Around 52,584 shares change hands as of 0042 GMT, vs
30-day average volume of 19,440 shares
** Stock up 8.8% YTD as of last close
($1 = 1.5228 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Roshan Thomas in Bengaluru)
((Roshan.Thomas@thomsonreuters.com))