Australia's New Murchison Gold falls on discounted placement
** Shares of New Murchison Gold NMG.AX fall 5.6% to A$0.017, their lowest since June 12
** Gold explorer raises A$15 million at A$0.017 ($9.74 million) per share
** Issue price represents a discount of 5.6% to stock's last close on June 19 after which it went on a trading halt
** About 24 mln shares change hands, 1.6x the 30-day average of 14.7 mln
** Stock up 88.9% YTD, including moves in current session
($1 = 1.5399 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Jasmeen Ara Shaikh in Bengaluru)
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