** Shares of mineral explorer Kalamazoo Resources Ltd
KZR.AX rise as much as 14.7% to A$0.390, set for their best
day since Oct. 20
** Co acquires three exploration licences referred to as the
"Pear Creek Lithium Project" in Western Australia urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASXbXGVnp
** Says the licenses cover about 147 sq km of highly
prospective lithium and gold geology and nearly doubles KZr's
lithium exploration tenure
** Shares hit their highest since Nov. 16
** Volumes are 1.5 times the 30-day average of 153,223
shares
** As of last close, stock down 42.9% this year
(Reporting by Himanshi Akhand in Bengaluru)
((Himanshi.Akhand@thomsonreuters.com;))