** Shares of Australia's Sierra Nevada Gold SNX.AX rise as much as 22.2% to A$0.033, a peak since mid-November
** Stock set for its strongest trading session in over two months, if current trend holds
** Gold explorer says it has received letter of award from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources (MIMR) for As Safra Copper–Gold Project
** As Safra is a copper-gold mineral deposit site in Saudi Arabia - co
** Stock last up 11.1% including session's moves, down 30.2% YTD
(Reporting by Aamir Sheik Khalid in Bengaluru)
((Aamir.SheikKhalid@thomsonreuters.com))