** Perenti PRN.AX rises 5.4% to A$1.66, highest since mid-January 2020
** Contract miner says it will provide underground mining services to London-listed Endeavour Mining's EDV.L Mana complex in Burkina Faso under A$1.1 bln ($709.7 mln) contract
** Adds the five-year contract through its JV unit expected to boost earnings in FY26 and beyond
** PRN gains ~13% this year, as of last close
($1 = A$1.5499)
(Reporting by Kumar Tanishk in Bengaluru)
((Tanishk.Kumar@thomsonreuters.com; X: @thatstanishk;))