** Shares of mineral exploration co TMX.AX rise as much as
44.4% to A$0.013, their highest since April 8
** TMX says it was granted three Rare Earth Elements (REE)
exploration tenements at its Lort River project urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX3lMbmD
** Tenements cover 320 square kilometre of prospective
exploration area within southern Esperance clay hosted REE
province in Western Australia - co
** Stock posts its biggest intraday pct. gain since April 4
** More than 14.2 mln shares change hands, compared with the
30-day average volume of ~7 mln shares
** Stock up 12.5% this year, as of last close
(Reporting by Anan Ashraf)
((Anan.Ashraf@thomsonreuters.com;))