** Shares of Vulcan Energy Resources VUL.AX jump as much
as 14.9% to A$6.94, their best intraday gain since June 24
** Vulcan says it has produced the highest grade, lowest
impurity lithium hydroxide to date from its pilot plant in the
Upper Rhine Valley in Germany urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX9bnl2r
** VUL produced lithium hydroxide graded 57.1%, exceeding
the battery grade specification of 56.5% required from offtake
customers
** Stock hits highest level since Oct. 12
** VUL down 41.9% YTD, as of last close
(Reporting by Harshita Swaminathan)
((Harshita.Swaminathan@thomsonreuters.com))