** U.S.-listed shares of silver miners gain premarket, tracking rising prices of the metal GOL/
** Spot silver XAG= up 1.6% to $28.74/ounce, fuelled by expectations of a deeper U.S. Federal Reserve rate-cutting cycle, which is widely expected to start this month
** Hecla Mining HL.N and Coeur Mining CDE.N up 2.40% and 3.16%, respectively
** U.S.-listed shares of Canadian miners Endeavour Silver EXK.N and Silvercorp Metals SVM.N rise 5.65% and 5.73%, respectively
** Physical Silver Shares ETF SIVR.P and iShares Silver Trust SLV.P up 2.19% and 2.41%, respectively
** Gatos silver GATO.N gains 6.8% after First Majestic Silver agrees to buy co for $970 mln in an all-stock deal
(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)