** Shares of Zuleika Gold Ltd ZAG.AX rise as much as 135%
to A$0.047, post their best intraday session since Jan 2016
** The gold miner announces private placement of A$3 mln
($2.16 mln) to fund ongoing drilling programmes across its
Kalgoorlie gold projects, WA urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX1FztcR
** Adds that issue price of A$0.03 per share represents a
premium of 50% to its last close on Jan 13
** Stock hits highest level since May 18
** More than 19 mln shares change hands, compared with the
30-day average volume of about 314,000 shares
** Stock was on trading halt since Jan 14; up 5.3% this
year, as of last close
($1 = 1.3891 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Jaskiran Singh in Bengaluru)
((Jaskiran.Singh@thomsonreuters.com;))