** Turaco Gold falls as much as 6.9% to A$0.335 in its worst trading session since Oct. 7
** Gold explorer gets firm commitments to raise A$35 mln ($23.4 mln) via a placement
** Issue price of A$0.31 is ~14% discount to last close
** Co says funds will be used to accelerate resource growth and drilling new discoveries in Cote d'Ivoire
** About 2.3 mln shares change hands, 1.5x the 30-day avg
** TCG up 157.4% YTD
($1 = A$1.4916)
(Reporting by Nikita Maria Jino in Bengaluru)
((Nikita.Jino@thomsonreuters.com;))