** Shares of Vulcan Energy Resources VUL.AX rise as much
as 11.2% to A$2.870, their biggest intraday percentage gain
since Sept. 15
** Stock hits its highest level since Oct. 3
** Lithium explorer reports positive results from a bridging
engineering study for its positive zero carbon lithium project
in Germany
** Says it reduced risk at the project by streamlining into
one core production area, down from two
** Says it now sees capital expenditure on project to be
about 1.40 bln euros ($1.52 bln), down by about 100 mln euros
from previous estimates
** About 848,022 shares change hands, compared with the
30-day average of 668,195 shares
** Stock down 59.2% YTD, based on last close
($1 = 0.9233 euros)
(Reporting by Aaditya Govind Rao in Bengaluru)
((Aaditya.govindrao@thomsonreuters.com;))