** Shares of Australia's Queensland Pacific Metals Ltd
QPM.AX rise as much as 9.1% to A$0.12
** QPM sees best day since Dec. 16, 2022 if gains hold
** Co says it received a non-binding Letter of Interest
(LOI) from Export Development Canada (EDC), Canada's export
credit agency
** LOI for potential provision of debt funding for
Townsville Energy Chemicals Hub (TECH) Project for up to A$200
million
** TECH is QPM's proposed sustainable high-purity battery
materials refinery project located in Lansdown eco-industrial
area, Queensland
** Stock has fallen 33.3% in 2022
(Reporting by Jaskiran Singh in Bengaluru)
((Jaskiran.Singh@thomsonreuters.com;))