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BUZZ-UK gold miners fall after spot price hits 5 yr low

** UK-listed gold miners among weakest on FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 after spot price hits 5-yr low

** Prices soft on fears over an imminent US rate hike and selling in top gold consumer China

** Randgold and Fresnillo (Other OTC: FNLPF - news) top fallers on FTSE 100, down 2.4 pct and 1.4 pct respectively

** Among mid caps Acacia, Centamin (Toronto: CEE.TO - news) and Hochschild all down > 2 pct

** Lonmin (LSE: LMI.L - news) falls 3 pct with lower platinum prices continuing to weigh

(RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : alasdair.pal.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)