** Shares of Arizona Lithium rise as much as 9.4% to A$0.018, their highest since Aug 9
** The lithium miner says it has raised A$11 mln ($7.48 mln) via sale of its non-core assets
** The divestment represents a small undeveloped portion in its Prairie lithium project, AZL says, and adds that sale will not affect AZL's near-term development plan for the project
** Says funds from sale will be used for developing the core project area
** AZL stock down 48.4% YTD
($1 = 1.4706 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Ayushman Ojha in Bengaluru)
((Ayushman.ojha@thomsonreuters.com;))