Australia's Great Western sees best day in 1 year on copper-gold find in WA project

Great Western Exploration

18/05/2021 04:00

** Shares of gold explorer Great Western Exploration Ltd
 GTE.AX  rise as much as 61.5% to A$0.210, marking their biggest
intraday pct gain since May 28, 2020
    ** Co says a soil-sampling programme at its Thunder
copper-gold target in Western Australia defined a new
large-scale copper-gold zones  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASXc2wXXL
    ** Stock hits highest since April 29, 2021
    ** Over 670,000 shares change hands, vs 30-day average
volume of ~140,000
    ** Stock down 43.5% YTD, as of last close

 (Reporting by Arundhati Dutta in Bengaluru)
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