** Shares of De Grey Mining Ltd DEG.AX slide as much as
7.3% to A$1.01, set for their worst day since Sept 26, if losses
hold
** The gold explorer says it received firm commitments for a
fully underwritten placement of 130 mln shares to raise A$130
mln ($84.60 mln) urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASXVhHhV
** Issue price of A$1.00 represents an 8.3% discount to the
last closing share price of A$1.09 on Oct 4
** Stock down 10.3% this year, as of last close
($1 = 1.5366 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Poonam Behura in Bengaluru)
((Poonam.Behura@thomsonreuters.com;))