** Shares of Middle Island Resources Ltd MDI.AX fall as
much as 21.7% to an all-time low of A$0.018
** Copper and gold explorer to raise a minimum of A$1
mln($636,800.00), and up to A$1.1 mln via renounceable rights
issue
** Issue price of A$0.015 per share represents 34.8%
discount to stock's last close
** Stocks posts biggest intraday pct drop since July 24
** About 1.7 mln shares change hands, compared with the
30-day average trading volume of 116,762 shares
** MDI down 42.5% YTD, as of last close
($1 = 1.5704 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by John Biju in Bengaluru)
((John.Biju@thomsonreuters.com;))