** Shares of gold miners gain on bullion rise as U.S.
Treasury yields eased and offset pressure from a stronger dollar
    ** Spot gold  XAU=  was up 0.3% at $1,728.09 per ounce by
1324 GMT  GOL 
    ** Miners Newmont Corp  NEM.N  and Barrick Gold Corp
 ABX.TO   GOLD.N  gain ~1% and 1.95%, respectively
    ** U.S.-listed shares of Kirkland Lake Gold  KL.TO   KL.N ,
Yamana Gold  YRI.TO   AUY.N , Gold Fields Ltd  GFIJ.J   GFI.N 
and Sibanye Stillwater  SSWJ.J   SBSW.N  rise between 1.3% and
3.93%
    ** Focus also remains on developments of the $1.9 trln
stimulus bill that will be debated in U.S. Senate this week
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 (Reporting by Rithika Krishna in Bengaluru)
 ((Rithika.Krishna@thomsonreuters.com;))