** Shares of Highfield Resources HFR.AX jump as much as 20.4% to A$0.295, their biggest intraday gain since April 2024
** Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board clears Yankuang Energy's 600188.SS plan to buy up to $376 mln stake in the potash producer
** Highfield also says it plans to buy Southey potash project in Canada by acquiring Yankuang Energy's unit in the country in a $286 mln deal
** Stock hits its highest level since Oct. 17, 2024
** Over 300,00 shares change hands, 2.2x 30-day average vol
** Stock last year fell by 28.8%
(Reporting by Kumar Tanishk in Bengaluru)
((Tanishk.Kumar@thomsonreuters.com;))
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