** Shares of Cufe CUF.AX fall as much as 9.5% to A$1.00,
set for worst day since April 17, if losses hold
** Iron-ore miner says it has received commitments to raise
A$3 million ($2.01 million)
** Issue price of A$0.016 per share is at a 15.8% discount
to stock's last close
** Funds to be used to advance copper, niobium and lithium
exploration targets - co
** Stock hits lowest level since May 13
** About 8.4 mln shares change hands, compared with the
30-day average volume of 3.1 mln shares
** CUF up ~35.7% YTD, as of last close
($1 = 1.4930 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Adwitiya Srivastava in Bengaluru)
((Adwitiya.Srivastava@thomsonreuters.com;))