** Avocet Mining Plc's shares rise as much as 19 pctafter a $1.5 mln loan provides some relief to the gold minerthat cut its production forecast twice last year
** Stock briefly top percentage gainer on the LSE, risingsharply for the second consecutive day
** The funds from an affiliate of Elliott Management, itslargest shareholder with a 27.7 pct stake, will allow the co tomeet its corporate requirements for about three months, while itsearches for longer term funding options
** Avocet, battered by low gold prices, adds thatlimited operations have resumed at its Inata process plant inBurkina Faso, following a crippling labour strike at the mine inDecember
