** U.S.-listed shares of gold miners down premarket, tracking a fall in prices of bullion GOL/
** Spot gold XAU= falls 0.4% to $2,678.21/ounce, off almost one-month highs reached on Dec. 10
** Gold prices down as strong U.S. jobs data reinforced Federal Reserve's cautious stance on interest rate cuts and boosted dollar, though underlying safe-haven demand amid uncertainty around President-elect Donald Trump's policies curbed losses
** Top miner Barrick Gold GOLD.N ABX.TO down 1.9%
** U.S.-listed shares of South African miners AngloGold Ashanti AU.N dips ~1% and Sibanye Stillwater SBSW.N falls 2.8%
** U.S.-listed shares of Canadian miner Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.N down 1%
** Mali's government initiates provisional order to seize gold stocks at Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto site; company warns it may have to suspend operations at the complex
(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)
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