** Shares of Strandline Resources Ltd STA.AX slip as much
as 11.3% to A$0.430, their biggest intraday pct loss since Jan.
25
** The nickel miner says it has received firm commitments to
raise A$50 mln ($37.90 mln) via a share placement urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2W3100
** Co says capital raised will be predominantly used to fund
the near-term development of its Fungoni mineral sands project
in Tanzania, among others
** Issue price of A$0.43 per share is at a 11.3% discount to
the last closing price on April 4
** Shares hit lowest since March 25
** Stock has risen 73.2% this year, as of last close
($1 = 1.3194 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Archishma Iyer)
((Archishma.Iyer@thomsonreuters.com;))