Australia's St. Barbara eyes best day in 8 months on positive drilling results
** Shares of St Barbara SBM.AX rise as much as 13.8% to
A$0.165, posting their biggest intraday gain since July 6, 2023
** Stock hits its highest level since Feb. 14
** Gold miner reports positive drilling results from its
Simberi Operations in Papua New Guinea
** Says drilling defines new broad mineralization along the
targeted trend at Simberi
** Stock down 30.1% YTD as of last close
(Reporting by Aaditya Govind Rao in Bengaluru)
((Aaditya.govindrao@thomsonreuters.com;))