** Shares of New Talisman Gold Mines Ltd NTL.NZ fall as
much as 14.3% to NZ$0.024, their lowest since Jan. 31
** Gold miner says offered rights to existing shareholders
in New Zealand and Australia, opening on Feb. 21
** Offer price of NZ$0.018 represents a 55.6% discount to
co's last closing price of NZ$0.028 on Feb. 9
** Rights issue for taking up 3 shares for every 5 shares
** Stock posts its biggest intraday pct fall since Jan 30
** More than 334,560 shares change hands, vs the 30-day
average volume of 327,775 shares
** Stock up 40% this year, as of last close
(Reporting by Poonam Behura in Bengaluru)
((Poonam.Behura@thomsonreuters.com;))