Australia's Midas Minerals soars to record on copper project purchase
** Shares of Midas Minerals MM1.AX rise as much as 10.7% to record A$0.62 ** Mineral explorer says it has completed acquisition of Otavi Copper Project in Namibia ** In May, MM1 announced project acquisition from U.S. listed miner Nexa Resources NEXA.N for $3 million ** Stock has risen more than 600% YTD, including session's moves (Reporting by Aamir Sheik Khalid in Bengaluru) ((Aamir.SheikKhalid@thomsonreuters.com))