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BUZZ-Centamin: buoyed by results as sector rallies

** Egypt-focused gold miner Centamin (Frankfurt: A1JPZ6 - news) up 1.3 pct after Q3 production results & as sector at large rallies

** Gold production of 156.55 koz ahead of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS-PB - news) ' estimate of 151 koz

** Co maintains guidance; GS says at current run-rate co can easily exceed its FY17 guidance of 540Koz

** Hochschild Mining (Frankfurt: H3M.F - news) & Acacia Mining 2nd & 3rd top UK midcap risers, both up >4 pct, with Fresnillo (Amsterdam: FN6.AS - news) and Randgold Resources near top of FTSE 100

** Moves come after gold price climbed to highest level in more than a week, with renewed concerns over North Korea's nuclear ambitions helping safe-haven demand (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) :sanjeeban.sarkar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)