** Shares of Lithium Energy Ltd LEL.AX soar as much as
105% to A$0.410 on first day of listing
** The lithium explorer, which was spun out of Strike
Resources SRK.AX , raised A$9 mln ($7.01 mln) in its initial
public offering (IPO) of 45 mln shares at A$0.2 per share
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** Co listed with initial market cap of A$16 mln
** LEL was spun off to focus on the Solaroz Lithium Brine
Project in South America
($1 = 1.2847 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Arundhati Dutta in Bengaluru)
((Arundhati.Dutta@thomsonreuters.com;))