** Future Battery Minerals FBM.AX gains as much as 21.1%
to A$0.022, its highest since Sept. 27
** Mineral explorer sells its 80% stake in Nevada Lithium
Project to Austroid Corporation in A$4 mln ($2.6 mln) cash deal
** Says disposal will help it to focus on Kangaroo Hills &
Miriam Lithium Project in Western Australia
** Over 1.3 mln shares traded, ~4x the 30-day avg, in
busiest session since Aug. 7
** Stock down ~74% YTD
($1 = A$1.5163)
(Reporting by Kumar Tanishk in Bengaluru)
((Tanishk.Kumar@thomsonreuters.com;))