** Shares of Medallion Metals MM8.AX rise 5.9% to A$0.180, their highest level since early December, 2022

** Mineral exploration receives indicative offers from 13 parties for copper-gold concentrate produced at the Forrestania Nickel Operation with offers of up A$50 million ($32 million)

** Co has been under negotiations for proposed acquisition of certain assets of Forrestania nickel operations in Western Australia from nickel and lithium producer IGO IGO.AX

** If successful, the deal would allow co to produce copper-gold concentrate from the Forrestania plant by processing mineralisation from its flagship Ravensthorpe project

** Stock up ~50% YTD, including current session's moves

($1 = 1.5808 Australian dollars)

(Reporting by Manasi Dasa in Bengaluru)

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