** Shares of Olympio Metals rise 61.8% to A$0.055, heading for their best session since early April 2023
** Stock hits highest level since July 5
** Aussie metal explorer signs option agreement to buy 80% interest in Dufay copper-gold project in Canada for C$75,000 ($53,479.75) from private vendors
** Adds co will issue 1 mln shares to vendors upon signing agreement
** Says acquisition represents a low cost addition to co's portfolio
** More than 80,000 shares change hands, 2.1 times the 30-day avg of about 38,900 shares
** OLY down 47.6% YTD, including current session's moves
($1 = 1.4024 Canadian dollars)
(Reporting by Nikita Maria Jino in Bengaluru)
((Nikita.Jino@thomsonreuters.com))
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