** Shares of Sandfire Resources SFR.AX rise 5% to A$10.325, their highest levels since April 2

** Stock among top performers in the ASX 200 benchmark index

** The copper explorer posts unaudited group sales revenue of $283 million and underlying operations EBITDA of $145 million in Q3, up from ~$206 million and ~$93 million last year, respectively

** SFR stock up ~11%, YTD

(Reporting by Sneha Kumar in Bengaluru)

((Sneha.kumar@thomsonreuters.com;))