** Shares of minerals explorer Discovery Alaska Ltd DAF.AX
rise as much as 69.2% to A$0.11, their highest since May 2, 2012
** Stock posts biggest intraday pct gain since June 27, 2019
** DAF says evaluation works confirm lithium mineralisation
at Coal Creek prospect at its Chulitna project in Alaska, United
States urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX5DLvsc
** Says laboratory analysis to be conducted in next stage
** 6.9 mln shares change hands, compared with the 30-day
average of about 438,000 shares
** Stock had more than doubled in value this year, as of
last close
(Reporting by Anan Ashraf in Bengaluru)
((Anan.Ashraf@thomsonreuters.com;))