** Shares of Canadian miner Troilus Gold Corp TLG.TO rise
as much as 16% to C$0.57, highest in nearly four months
** Company to sell select properties to unit of lithium
producer Sayona Mining Ltd SYA.AX in all-stock deal valued at
C$40 mln ($30.07 mln)
** TLG says sale includes a package of 1,824 claims, which
represents an area of about 985 square km
** Also, Sayona will buy about C$4.8 mln worth of TLG shares
on private placement basis, increasing its stake in the company
to about 9.26%
** So far this year, TLG shares down ~27%
($1 = 1.3301 Canadian dollars)
(Reporting by Ankit Kumar in Bengaluru)
((Ankit.Kumar2@thomsonreuters.com))