** Turaco Gold TCG.AX rises 4.1% to A$0.318, highest since Dec. 11, 2024
** Gold explorer's drilling at previously untested Baffia Prospect at its 80%-owned Afema project in Côte d'Ivoire returned significant gold mineralization
** Around 1.5 mln shares traded, 1.6x the 30-day avg
** Stock up 19.6% so far this year, as of last close
(Reporting by Manasi Dasa Sundeep in Bengaluru)
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