Gold miners down as metal price slips on stronger dollar

** U.S.-listed shares of gold miners down premarket, tracking fall in bullion prices GOL/

** Spot gold XAU= down 0.2% at $3,307.81/ounce after hitting a nearly two-week high earlier in the session

** Gold prices slipped, hurt by an uptick in the dollar, although worries over the U.S. government's increasing debt burden and fiscal outlook kept prices above $3,300 level

** Top miners Newmont NEM.N and Barrick Mining ABX.TO, B.N fall marginally

** South African miners Gold Fields GFI.N down 1.6%, Harmony Gold HMY.N dips 2.1% and AngloGold Ashanti AU.N down 1.9%

** Canadian miner Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.TO, AEM.N down 1%