** Canada-based gold miner's U.S.-listed shares down 8.4 pct at $7.23

** Company prices offering of 8.3 mln shares at $7.25 each - 8.1 pct below Monday's close of $7.89

** Offering represents 7.6 pct of Pretium's total outstanding shares

** Pretium said to use proceeds to fund Brucejack Project in British Columbia

** Offering includes nearly 1.5 million shares from shareholder Silver Standard

** About 233,000 shares changed hands by 11.38 ET Tuesday, nearly 3 pct of stock's 10-day average trading volume