** Shares of the gold explorer New Age Exploration NAE.AX
rise as much as 16.7% to A$0.014
** Co says it was granted three exploration licences within
the Quartz Hill Gold project in Western Australia urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX352jzz
** Adds aero-magnetic survey of the Bullock Well Gold
Project and the Quartz Hill Gold Project showed several gold
targets, along with nickel/copper/cobalt targets
** Stock posts its biggest intraday pct gain since May 11
** About 10.9 mln shares change hands, compared with the
30-day average of about 6.5 mln shares
** Stock has risen 20% this year, as of last close
(Reporting by Soumyajit Saha in Bengaluru)
((Soumyajit.Saha@thomsonreuters.com;))