** Shares of Australia's Rumble Resources RTR.AX fall as
much as 14.9% to A$0.04, lowest level since August 2017
** Stock posts its biggest intraday pct fall August 2023
** RTR on track for a third straight weekly loss
** Australian base and precious metals explorer announces
A$1.1 mln ($727,320.00) placement and A$2.9 mln entitlement
offer
** Adds placement, entitlement offer at an issue price of
A$0.04, representing a discount of 14.9% to stock's last closing
** Capital raising to advance Earaheedy rare earths project,
Western Queen's gold project and Wardawarra lithium project
** About 1.7 mln shares change hands by 0106 GMT, vs 30-day
average volume of 682,261 shares
** Stock down around 44.1 YTD, as of last close
($1 = 1.5124 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Roshan Thomas in Bengaluru)
((Roshan.Thomas@thomsonreuters.com))