** Shares of gold miner Pioneer Resources Ltd rise as much as 11.1 pct to A$0.020
** Co says it signed a farm-out agreement with Canada’s Novo Resources Corp to help exploration at co’s Kangan Gold Project in Pilbara
** Pioneer says Novo will also subscribe to A$1 mln ($716,000.00) of co’s shares at A$0.02 per share
** Stock posts its best intraday pct gain since August
** About 2.5 mln shares change hands, compared with the 30-day avg vol of about 2 mln shares ($1 = 1.3966 Australian dollars)
