** Shares of gold and base metal explorer Lodestar Minerals
LSR.AX rise as much as 14.3% to A$0.016, set for best day
since April 13, if gains hold
** Says confirmed two gold in soil anomalies representing
priority drill targets at its Coolgardie West project
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** Co working to obtain heritage access agreements over
tenement for planned drilling program
** Co's JV partner Auroch Minerals also announced positive
metallurgical results for high-grade Nickel Sulphides at Neapean
Nickel Project, Western Australia
** Lodestar has risen ~55.6% this year, as of last close
(Reporting by Anan Ashraf)
((Anan.Ashraf@thomsonreuters.com;))