** Shares of mineral explorer Renascor Resources RNU.AX
fall as much as 7.8% to A$0.295, their lowest since Nov 29
** Co raises A$70 mln ($47.04 mln) via placement to
accelerate development of its Siviour Battery Anode Material
Project
** Issue price of A$0.275 per shares represents a 14.1%
discounts to stock's last closing price
** Stock falls for a fifth consecutive session
** As of last close, stock had more than doubled in value
this year
($1 = 1.4881 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Himanshi Akhand in Bengaluru)
((Himanshi.Akhand@thomsonreuters.com;))