** Shares of Neometals NMT.AX rise as much as 16.3% to
A$0.1, their highest levels since Aug 20
** The battery materials producer executes a project
agreement, through its 88%-owned entity, Recycling Industries
Scandinavia AB (RISAB), EIT RawMaterials GmbH to support the
development of the Finnish vanadium recovery project
** Says EIT RawMaterials will provide Novana with 0.5
million euros ($554,550) in grant funding and become a minority
shareholder in RISAB
** About 1.2 mln shares change hands, 1.3 times the 30-day
average volume of shares
** Stock has fallen 59.1% this year, as of last close
($1 = 0.9016 euros)
(Reporting by Sherin Sunny in Bengaluru)
((Sherin.Sunny@thomsonreuters.com))