** Oil and gas explorer's shares GGE.AX rise as much as
9.1% to A$0.02
** Company says it has completed the acquisition of
additional 30% of JV firm Valence Resources, which owns Red
Helium project in the U.S., by paying A$400,000 ($285,280.00)
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX4J2lP0
** Stock posts biggest intraday pct gain since Dec. 8
** Company's shares have more than doubled this year, as of
last close
($1 = 1.4021 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Harshita Swaminathan in Bengaluru)
((Harshita.Swaminathan@thomsonreuters.com))