** Shares of Australia's Patagonia Lithium PL3.AX jump as much as 29.4% to A$0.11, their biggest intraday pct gain in over two months
** Stock touches its highest level since January 22, 2025
** The mineral explorer says it has signed strategic partnership agreement with Ameerex Corporation for investment in its Formentera lithium project in Argentina
** Ameerex Corporation is a Qatari-owned, U.S.-based co involved in investments in critical transition minerals
** PL3 down 35.7% in 2025
(Reporting by Aamir Sheik Khalid in Bengaluru)
((Aamir.SheikKhalid@thomsonreuters.com))