** Shares of Australia's Metal Bank MBK.AX rise as much as
12.5% to A$0.005, their highest since Aug. 31
** The mineral explorer says strong cobalt grades found at
Millenium copper-cobalt-gold project in Queensland urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX1cRKvn
** Says cobalt grades reiterate Millennium as one of
Australia's highest-grade undeveloped battery metals projects
** Stock has risen 28.6% this month so far, on track for
first month of gains since July
** Still, YTD losses, as of last close, are ~43%
(Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru)
((Rishav.Chatterjee@thomsonreuters.com;))