** Australian silver miners climb as silver prices gain nearly 6% earlier in the day, rebounding from a 31.7% slump recorded in the previous two sessions

** South32 S32.AX, who owns the Cannington mine - one of the world's largest producers of silver, gains as much as 3.2%

** Shares of Sun Silver SS1.AX climb 1.3%

** S32 stock up 15.6% in January

(Reporting by Nichiket Sunil in Bengaluru)

((Nichiket.Sunil@thomsonreuters.com))