** Shares of mineral explorer Valor Resources VAL.AX gain
as much as 28.6% to A$0.009, marks best day since September,
2021 if gains hold
** Says rock chip samples from new copper targets at the
co's Picha Project and Charaque Project, Peru returned with
significant copper and silver contents urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nGLFNhtT3
** Adds that phase one of the 5,000 meter maiden diamond
drilling program to commence in Sept quarter
** More than 14 mln shares change hands, compared with the
30-day average volume of about 8 mln shares
** Stock has fallen 50% this year, as of last close
(Reporting by Jaskiran Singh in Bengaluru)
((Jaskiran.Singh@thomsonreuters.com;))