** Shares of Talga Group TLG.AX rise 6% to A$0.445

** Stock rose as much as 9.5% to A$0.46 earlier in the session, their largest intraday move since late January

** Specialty miner receives strategic project status for its natural graphite mine in Northern Sweden

** Strategic project status under European Commission's Critical Raw Minerals Act

** More than 1.5 million shares change hands, 3.9 times the 30-day avg

** Stock up 1.1% YTD, including current session's moves

(Reporting by Nikita Maria Jino in Bengaluru)

((Nikita.Jino@thomsonreuters.com;))