** Shares of gold miners rise, as bullion prices soar above the crucial $4,400-per-ounce level for the first time

** Spot gold XAU= up 1.7% at $4,411.01 per ounce, as of 0822 GMT, after hitting a record high of $4,420.01 earlier in the day GOL/

** Spot silver XAG= climbs 3.3% to a historic high of $69.44

** Top miners Newmont NEM.N and Barrick Mining ABX.TO, B.N rise 2.5% and 2.5%, respectively

** U.S.-listed shares of South African miners Gold Fields GFI.N rise 3.8%, AngloGold Ashanti AU.N gain 4.2%

** Harmony Gold HMY.N up 4.4%

** U.S.-listed shares of Canadian miners Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.TO, AEM.N and Kinross Gold KGC.N gain between 2.1% and 3%

** Sibanye Stillwater SSWJ.J, SBSW.N climbs 3.5%

** SPDR gold shares ETF GLD.P up 0.3%

(Reporting by Rashika Singh in Bengaluru)

((Rashika.Singh@thomsonreuters.com;))