** Shares of BPM Minerals BPM.AX rise as much as 22% to A$0.25, their biggest intraday pct gain since January 22

** Precious minerals explorer reports multiple significant, untested gold-in-soil anomalies at Forelands Gold Project in Western Australia

** Adds newly identified soil anomalies plus the mineralisation spots at the Beachcomber Lode at the project to be targeted

** BPM up 35.3% YTD

(Reporting by Keshav Singh Chundawat in Bengaluru)

((Keshav.singhchundawat@thomsonreuters.com))