** Advance Metals leaps as much as 71.4% to A$0.048, its best day since February 16, 2015
** Stock hits the highest since Dec. 11, 2023, on track for its third straight session of gains
** Copper miner will buy a significant high-grade silver project in Mexico
** Says it will acquire Yoquivo Project from U.S.-based Golden Minerals Company; no financial details were disclosed
** Around 21 mln shares traded vs the 30-day avg of 1.3 mln
** AVM down 18.6% YTD
(Reporting by Adwitiya Srivastava in Bengaluru)
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