** Shares of copper company Solaris Resources Inc SLS.TO
down 8.3% at C$6.52, on track for their worst day since Sept. 23
** Gold miner Equinox Gold Corp EQX.TO sells 11 mln SLS
shares for C$70.4 million($51.56 million), citing investment
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** EQX down 0.6% at C$4.88
** EQX's ownership in SLS decreases to less than 10% from
nearly 18% before the transaction
** SLS down ~61% while EQX declines ~42% so far this year
($1 = 1.3655 Canadian dollars)
(Reporting by Ankit Kumar in Bengaluru)
((Ankit.Kumar2@thomsonreuters.com))