BUZZ-Australia's Olympio Metals soars on plans to buy copper-gold project

** Shares of Olympio Metals OLY.AX 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) (([email protected]))