** Shares of battery material supplier Sunrise Energy
SRL.AX rise as much as 5.3% to A$2.080, on track for their
best day since Dec 2
** Says its application for a A$10 mln ($6.70 mln) grant in
support of the ongoing development of the Sunrise Battery
Materials Project in News South Wales has been conditionally
approved by the regional department there urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX29lndg
** Stock hits highest since Dec 8
** SRL up 10.6% this year as of last close
($1 = 1.4916 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Tejaswi Marthi in Bengaluru)
((tejaswi.marthi@thomsonreuters.com))