** U.S.-listed shares of gold miners climb in premarket trading, tracking higher prices of the precious metal GOL/
** Spot gold XAU= up 0.6% at $2,630.06 per ounce in holiday-thinned trading, as markets awaited clues on the U.S. Federal Reserve's 2025 rate plan and tariff policies from the incoming Trump administration
** Top miners Newmont NEM.N and Barrick Gold GOLD.N both up marginally
** South African miners Harmony Gold HMY.N up 0.1% at $8.33 and Sibanye Stillwater SBSW.N up ~1% at $3.53
** Canadian miners Kinross Gold KGC.N and Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.N also up marginally at $9.45 and $79.22, respectively
(Reporting by Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru)
((Srivastava.Vallari@thomsonreuters.com))