** Minerals 260 MI6.AX opens at A$0.745, 49% higher than
its IPO issue price of A$0.50; rises as much as 50%
** The Western Australia-focused gold-nickel-copper explorer
raised A$30 mln ($22.01 mln) in the IPO urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX41BG8w
** Says drilling to follow up previously reported
intersections at its flagship Moora and Koojan JV projects in
Western Australia will start in late October or early November
** As at 0404 GMT, stock up 22.5% at A$0.6125, with ~12 mln
shares trading hands
($1 = 1.3630 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Himanshi Akhand in Bengaluru)
((Himanshi.Akhand@thomsonreuters.com;))