** Shares of gold miners rise tracking bullion prices as concerns over the rapid spread of the Delta coronavirus variant spurred some safe-haven buying
** Spot gold was up 0.2% at $1,732.50 per ounce by 0919 GMT, recovering some ground after four straight sessions of declines. U.S. gold futures rose 0.1% to $1,733.60
** Miner Newmont Corp and U.S.-listed shares of Barrick Gold Corp, up ~1% each
** U.S.-listed shares of S. African miners Anglogold Ashanti, Gold Fields, Sibanye-Stillwater and Harmony Gold, climb between ~1% and 1.43%
** U.S.-listed shares of Canadian miner Yamana Gold are up 0.5%
(Reporting by Rithika Krishna in Bengaluru) ((Rithika.Krishna@thomsonreuters.com;))
