Australia's Petratherm surges on securing gold exploration grant

PTR Minerals

21/05/2021 05:28

** Shares of Petratherm  PTR.AX  surge as much as 50% to
A$0.063, on track for best day since April 17, 2018 
    ** The diversified miner says it has secured a grant of
A$147,000 ($113,998.50) to aid search for gold deposits at the
Comet Project Area in South Australia  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX5lC2XB
    ** About 1.3 mln shares change hands vs 30-day average of
123,601 shares 
    ** Stock down ~71.3% this year, as of last close 


($1 = 1.2895 Australian dollars)

 (Reporting by Tejaswi Marthi in Bengaluru)
 ((tejaswi.marthi@thomsonreuters.com))