** Shares of Noble Helium NHE.AX slump as much as 16.4% to
a record low of A$0.046
** The commodity chemicals explorer says it has received
firm commitments to raise A$3 mln ($2.04 mln) via a share
placement
** Issue price of A$0.045 represents a 16.7% discount to the
last trading price on Sept 18
** Around 1.1 mln shares change hands, 2.3 times compared
with the 30-day average volume of 469,084 shares
** Shares set for worst day since mid-Dec, if current trend
holds
** Including day's moves, stock has fallen ~55.2%
($1 = 1.4680 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Archishma Iyer)
((Archishma.Iyer@thomsonreuters.com;))