** QMines QML.AX rises as much as 5.2% to A$0.061, highest since February 6

** Stock set for third consecutive session of gains

** Copper and gold miner finds high grade copper mineralisation at Sulphide city in Queensland

** About 1.6 mln shares traded, 2x the 30-day average

** YTD, QML gains 11.1%

(Reporting by Ananya Verma in Bengaluru)

((ananya.verma@thomsonreuters.com;))