** Shares of Australian explorer Firetail Resources FTL.AX
gain as much as 10.6% to A$0.26, hits highest level since Aug. 1
** Announces confirmation of lithium rock samples at its
Yalgoo Lithium Project in Western Australia urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX9lP4Tc
** Adds maiden reverse circulation drilling at Yalgoo
scheduled to commence mid to late Sept
** Stock tracks best session since July 27, if gains hold
** More than 290,000 shares change hands, compared with the
30-day average volume of about 130,000
** Stock has fallen 35.6% since its April debut, as of last
close
(Reporting by Jaskiran Singh in Bengaluru)
((Jaskiran.Singh@thomsonreuters.com;))