BUZZ-UK gold mining cos outperform base metal peers

** Shares (Berlin: DI6.BE - news) of London-listed gold mining stocks a bright spot on the FTSE 100 as spot gold prices continue being shored up by investors seeking a safe haven

** Fresnillo (Other OTC: FNLPF - news) and Randgold Resources the top two performers on the UK benchmark up 1.2 pct and 0.8 pct respectively

** Spot gold rose to its highest since early July, after weak factory growth in China fanned worries that the world's second largest economy may be slowing sharply

** Another sluggish day for base metal mining cos

** Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO.L - news) up 0.3 pct, paring earlier gains, while beleaguered Glencore (Xetra: A1JAGV - news) remains stuck near record lows

** London copper faced its seventh weekly loss

** Trader says mining stocks holding up better than expected largely due to recent rout in sector

** FTSE 350 mining index up marginally

** Kaz Minerals (LSE: KAZ.L - news) reversed course after as investors booked profits from the last two sessions

** Polymetal International (Other OTC: AUCOY - news) continued its rise, helped by weakness in the Kazakh tenge

** Platinum miner Lonmin (LSE: LMI.L - news) continued rising for a second day, recovering from 7 straight days of losses, and topped the FTSE 250 midcap index (abhiram.nandakumar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)