** Shares of mineral explorer Estrella Resources ESR.AX
rise as much as 15% to A$0.023
** Says it found nickel and copper at the Broonhill deposit
in the Carr Boyd nickel-copper sulphide project in Western
Australia (WA) urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX7Y05Tq
** Adds that the mineral discovery is increasing in scale
with depth
** To begin diamond drilling at the Gossan Hill prospect in
the same project for further nickel and copper
** ESR down 20% YTD, as of last close
(Reporting by Harshita Swaminathan)
((Harshita.Swaminathan@thomsonreuters.com))