** Shares of Australia's Iltani Resources rise as much as 25.6% to A$0.270, their biggest intraday pct gain since Aug 26

** Stock at its highest level since Aug 28

** The diversified miner posts results from soil sampling programme at Antimony Reward project in Queensland, Australia

** Says high presence of antimony mineralisation at project

** Near 705,000 shares change hands, vs 30-day average volume of 448,828 shares

** Stock up 46.9% this year, as of 0048 GMT

(Reporting by Roshan Thomas in Bengaluru)

((Roshan.Thomas@thomsonreuters.com))