** Nevada-focused mining company i-80 Gold's IAUX.A shares fall 3.6% to $1.35 premarket
** IAUX announces pricing of upsized offering of $250 million unsecured convertible bonds due 2031
** Stock slipped 13.6% on Wednesday after IAUX kicked off the convertible bonds offering
** Initial conversion price of $1.93 per share represents roughly 37.5% premium to the last close
** Proceeds will be used to fund IAUX's five gold projects, resource expansion, infill drilling and refurbishing the Lone Tree processing plant, among other purposes
** IAUX has 841 million outstanding shares with a $1.13 billion market cap - data compiled by LSEG
** As of last close, IAUX stock down 4% YTD
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
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