Gold miners fall as gold prices edge lower after hawkish US Fed comments

** US-listed shares of gold miners down premarket, tracking bullion price decline GOL/

** Spot gold slips 1.6% to $4,074.04/ounce

** A US Federal Reserve official's statement that aggressive monetary policy may be needed if inflation continues to rise weighs on bullion ahead of US consumer price data

** Top miners Newmont NEM.N, Barrick Mining ABX.TO, down 2.1% each

** South African miners Gold Fields , AngloGold Ashanti AU.N, Harmony Gold and Sibanye Stillwater drop between 2% and 3.3%

** Canadian miners: Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.TO, dips 2.6%, Kinross Gold K.TO, falls 2.4%