** Shares of gold explorer Nexus Minerals NXM.AX rise as
much as 15.2% to A$0.530, their highest since Nov. 19, 2010
** Co says drilling at Crusader prospect at its Wallbrook
gold project in Western Australia intersected high-grade gold
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** Adds that deep diamond hole intersected visible gold
within 30m of altered zone at the prospect
** Trading volumes are at 2.4x the 30-day avg of 1.8 mln
shares
** As of last close, stock more than tripled YTD
(Reporting by Himanshi Akhand in Bengaluru)
((Himanshi.Akhand@thomsonreuters.com;))