** Shares of Castle Minerals CDT.AX jump as much as 9.1%
to A$0.024, posting their biggest intraday pct gain since Jan 27
** The mining co says multiple, wide, high-grade,
near-surface graphitic schist lenses confirmed by recently
completed drilling campaign at Kambale Graphite Project, Ghana
** Co says completed placement to raise A$2.5 mln ($1.66
mln) before costs to accelerate work at Kambale and other
projects
** Issue price of A$0.02 per share is at a 9.1% discount to
last close on March 8
** Shares hit their highest level since Feb 23
** Volumes are 2.5x the 30-day average of 1.5 mln shares
** Stock up 4.8% YTD, as of last close
($1 = 1.5083 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Echha Jain in Bengaluru)
((Echha.Jain@thomsonreuters.com;))