** Shares of Riedel Resources Ltd RIE.AX slip as much as
14.3% to A$0.006, their lowest since Sept. 20
** Mineral explorer says it received firm commitments to
raise A$1.5 mln ($972,300) in new equity via a placement of 300
mln shares
** Issue price of A$0.005 represents a 28.5% discount to
stock's last closing price of A$0.007
** Co says it will use placement funds towards diamond
drilling at the Kingman Gold Project in Arizona, United States
** Stock posts its biggest intraday pct fall since Sept. 15
** Stock down 46.15% this year as of last close
($1 = 1.5427 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Poonam Behura in Bengaluru)
((Poonam.Behura@thomsonreuters.com;))