** Shares of gold miners gain premarket after prices of bullion GOL/ reach nearly three-week high amid expectations of resolution in U.S. government shutdown

** Spot gold XAU= up 0.6%% at $4139.65/ounce

** U.S. Senate passed a bill on Monday to end the government shutdown; it will now head to the Republican-controlled House of Representatives

** Miner Newmont NEM.N up 1% and U.S.-listed shares of Barrick Mining B.N rise 1.2%

** U.S.-listed shares of South African miners Harmony Gold HMY.N climb 3%, Sibanye-Stillwater SBSW.N and Gold Fields GFI.N up 1% each, AngloGold Ashanti AU.N up 0.3%

** U.S. listed shares of Canadian miners Agnico Eagle AEM.N and Kinross Gold KGC.N up 0.9% and 1.4%, respectively

(Reporting by Utkarsh Tushar Hathi)

((utkarshtushar.hathi@thomsonreuters.com))