• U.S.-listed shares of gold miners rise premarket, tracking higher bullion prices [GOL/]

• Gold prices soar, driven by safe-haven demand as geopolitical tensions escalated in the Middle East following Israel's widescale strikes on Iran

• Spot gold up 1.2% at $3,424.47/ounce, after hitting $3,444.06/ounce, its highest point since April 22

• Top miners Newmont up 1.7% and Barrick Mining

rises 1.2%

• South African miner AngloGold Ashanti rises ~1%

• Canadian miners Agnico Eagle Mines and Kinross Gold rise ~2% and 1.9%, respectively

(Reporting by Sumit Saha in Bengaluru)