** Shares of Nexus Minerals NXM.AX rise as much as 2.4% to
A$0.042, set for best day since Aug. 28, if gains hold
** Resources co announces an A$4.1 million ($2.76 million)
placement to advance its Wallbrook Gold Project in Western
Australia
** Issue price of price of A$0.042 per new share represents
a 2.4% premium to stock's last close
** Stock hits highest level since Aug. 30
** NXM down 12.8% YTD as of last close
($1 = 1.4837 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Adwitiya Srivastava in Bengaluru)
((Adwitiya.Srivastava@thomsonreuters.com;))