Australia's Auroch Minerals jumps on lithium finds at WA project

Lodestar Minerals

08/12/2021 03:15

** Shares of nickel-zinc-copper miner Auroch Minerals
 AOU.AX  jump as much as 13.6% to A$0.125, posting their biggest
intraday pct gain since Nov. 29
    ** AOU confirms https://cdn-api.markitdigital.com/apiman-gateway/ASX/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-02463956-6A1067589?access_token=83ff96335c2d45a094df02a206a39ff4
 lithium mineralisation at its Nepean project in Western
Australia
    ** Says assay results confirm lithium-cesium-tantalum
potential of the sampled pegmatites, extreme igneous rocks, with
results up to 1.05% lithium
    ** Lodestar Minerals  LSR.AX  has a 20% interest in the
project
    ** AOU stock hits highest level since Nov. 30
    ** As of last close, Auroch down ~24.1% this year
    

 (Reporting by Upasana Singh in Bengaluru)
 ((Upasana.Singh@thomsonreuters.com))