** Shares of Rimfire Pacific Mining RIM.AX fall as much as
15.4% to A$0.011, posting their biggest intraday percentage loss
since Oct 18
** Stock hits its lowest level since Dec 6
** The gold and copper explorer says it will raise A$1.2 mln
($805,680.00) via share placement at an issue price of A$0.01
per share
** Issue price represents a 23.1% discount on stock's last
close on Friday
** Shares had been on a trading halt since Monday
** About 13.1 mln shares change hands, compared with the
30-day average volume of 2.2 mln
** Stock up 62.5% YTD, based on last close
($1 = 1.4894 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Aaditya Govind Rao in Bengaluru)
((Aaditya.govindrao@thomsonreuters.com;))