** Gold explorer Alicanto Minerals Ltd AQI.AX falls as
much as 6.9% to A$0.135, marks its worst intraday session since
Oct 22
** Co says it received commitments for A$7 mln ($5.13 mln)
via share placement to complete its maiden inferred resource,
among others urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASXq6ltb
** Issue price of 13 AU cents represents a 10% discount to
co's last close on Nov 10
** Co to issue about 53.8 mln shares representing 24% of
co's free float
** Co was on a trading halt since Nov 11; stock up 45% this
year, as of last close
($1 = 1.3635 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Jaskiran Singh in Bengaluru)
((Jaskiran.Singh@thomsonreuters.com;))