** Shares of Australian oil and gas explorer Whitebark
Energy WBE.AX rise as much as 17.7% to A$0.02, their biggest
intraday pct gain since May 9
** Co announces resumption of production at Wizard Lake oil
and gas field in Canada
** Rex-4, Rex-2 and Rex-1 wells been brought back into
production with field producing 50 barrels of oil per day (bopd)
and 300 thousand cubic feet per day in total - WBE
** Co adds Rex-3 well expected to return field production to
over 200 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d)
** Nearly 517,930 shares change hands, vs 30-day average
volume of 196,065 shares
** Whitebark stock down 77.3% YTD, as of last close
(Reporting by Roshan Thomas in Bengaluru)
((Roshan.Thomas@thomsonreuters.com;))