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REGIS RESOURCES LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2011

Jan 30, 2011

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Quarterly Report to 31 December 2010

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HIGHLIGHTS

MOOLART WELL OPERATIONS

  • Gold production of 23,851 ounces for the quarter.

  • Cash cost of production A$450 per ounce (prior to royalties).

  • Ramp up of processing plant throughput rates underway.

GARDEN WELL MAIDEN RESERVE AND UPDATED RESOURCE

  • Maiden JORC compliant Ore Reserve at Garden Well estimated at 27.5 Mt at 1.52 g/t Au for 1.34 million ounces of gold.

  • Updated JORC compliant Resource (inclusive of Ore Reserves) at Garden Well estimated at 42.4 Mt at 1.36 g/t Au for 1.85 million ounces of gold.

  • Total in pit portion of JORC compliant resources (inclusive of reserves) at the Garden Well project are 30.8 Mt at 1.49 g/t Au for 1.48 million ounces of gold.

  • Mineralisation remains open at depth and along strike to the south.

EXPLORATION

  • Significant infill and extensional resource drill results from RC and diamond drilling at the Garden Well deposit including:

10 metres @ 8.83g/t gold from 50 to 60m

37 metres @ 2.34 g/t gold from 182 to 219m 11 metres @ 3.82g/t gold from 93 to 104m 15 metres @ 3.04 g/t gold from 207 to 222m 16 metres @ 2.71 g/t gold from 108 to 124m 18 metres @ 2.18 g/t gold from 59 to 77m 41 metres @ 2.26 g/t gold from 128 to 169m 20 metres @ 2.91 g/t gold from 232 to 252m 14 metres @ 3.14 g/t gold from 116 to 130m 16 metres @ 2.16 g/t gold from 244 to 260m 31 metres @ 2.07 g/t gold from 222 to 253m 13 metres @ 2.51 g/t gold from 240 to 253m 31 metres @ 2.10 g/t gold from 196 to 227m 23 metres @ 4.23 g/t gold from 290 to 313m 19 metres @ 2.07 g/t gold from 242 to 261m 9 metres @ 9.32 g/t gold from 244 to 253m

  • Anomalous gold detected in Aircore and RC drilling at the Tooheys Well prospect, approximately 3 kilometres south of Garden Well.

  • Further encouraging results from resource infill drilling in the oxide zone at Moolart Well including 22 metres @ 3.16 g/t from 80 metres, 19 metres @ 4.40 g/t from 97 metres and 16 metres @ 2.13 g/t from 73 metres

CORPORATE

  • Gold sales of 20,921 ounces at a delivered price of A$1,387 per ounce.

  • Cash and gold bullion on hand position at 31 December 2010 was $21.5million (Sep 10: $5.2 million).

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OPERATIONS – MOOLART WELL

Background

The Duketon Gold Project is located approximately 350 kilometres north, north-east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. The Company completed its first full quarter of production at the Moolart Well Gold Mine in the December 2010 quarter. JORC compliant reserves at the Moolart Well operation are 603,000 ounces of gold and the project is forecast to have an operating mine life in excess of six years.

Production

Moolart Well Gold Mine operating results for the December 2010 quarter were as follows:

Dec 2010 Sep 2010
Ore mined (tonnes) 500,663 310,947
Ore milled (tonnes) 475,296 280,330
Head grade (g/t) 1.68 1.09
Recovery (%) 93 90
Total production (ounces) 23,851 8,871
Cash cost per ounce (A$/oz)–pre royalties A$450 N/A
Cash cost per ounce (A$/oz)–incl royalties A$514 N/A

Regis completed its first full quarter of production from the Moolart Well Gold Mine in the December 2010 quarter, producing 23,851 ounces of gold at a pre-royalty cash cost of production of A$450 per ounce. The cash cost of production of $450 per ounce was positively influenced by the milling of ore at a better grade (1.68g/t) than the overall reserve grade of the Moolart Well laterites of 1.41g/t.

Mill throughput was constrained during the quarter due to limited early access to softer oxide ore and restricted process water supply due primarily to the progressive establishment of the expected level of return water from the TSF. It is expected that mill throughput will continue to increase to 2.3 – 2.4 mtpa by the end of the June 2011 quarter as the blending of softer oxide ore with the laterite ore and enhanced process water supplies are implemented.

Gold production for the half year ended June 2011 is forecast at between 45,000 - 50,000 ounces at a cash cost of production before royalties of $500 - $550 per ounce.

Mining

During the quarter, 1.08 million bcm of material was mined from the Moolart Well open pits, of which 236,000 bcm was ore. This mining included a large portion of waste mining in the Lancaster pit in order to expose the oxide ore zone for blending through the mill with the harder laterite ore. Mining during the quarter yielded 500,663 tonnes of ore at a grade of 1.73g/t gold.

The grade control to reserve reconciliation for areas of the pits grade control sampled during the December 2010 quarter (some of which remains as in pit mining stocks in the pit floors) yielded a slightly positive outcome for ounces. Grade control reported 1.06 million tonnes of ore at a grade of 1.29g/t for 43,935 ounces of gold, compared to the reserve of 926,000 tonnes of ore at a grade of 1.45g/t for 43,160 ounces of gold. This is in contrast to the September 2010 quarter (first quarter of operation) where grade control, on the same basis, reported a negative reconciliation of 6,958 ounces.

The actual gold production of 27,885 ounces for ore mined and milled (or stockpiled) during the quarter reconciled within 3% of the grade control forecast of 28,789 ounces.

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PROJECT DEVELOPMENT - GARDEN WELL

Background

The Garden Well project is 100% owned by Regis and is located 35 kilometres south of the Moolart Well processing plant where construction was completed in the September 2010 quarter and gold production is ongoing.

Maiden Reserve

During the quarter Regis announced a maiden JORC compliant reserve for the Garden Well Gold Deposit of 1.34 million ounces of contained gold. The breakdown of the reserve is as follows:

Category Tonnes
(Millions)
Gold Grade (g/t) Contained Gold
(Ounces)
Proven 0 0 0
Probable 27.5 1.52 1,340,000
27.5 1.52 1,340,000

Notes: 0.6 g/t Au lower cut off grade. Rounded to two significant figures.

The maiden reserve has been estimated after completion of an open pit mining and Carbon in Leach extraction reserve study which included:

  • pit optimisation using wall angles based on geotechnical drill holes, independent geotechnical advice and allowances for ramps;

  • 100% mining recovery and 0% mining dilution;

  • Bulk densities and metallurgical parameters from test work previously reported;

  • Mining costs based on indicative contractor quotation;

  • Milling and other operating costs based on current known operating costs adapted for ore type and metallurgy.

Key results of the reserve study include:

Physical
Total pit volume (bcm) 46,238,197
Stripping ratio–tonnes (waste:ore) 2.85
Ore (tonnes) 27,531,631
Gold grade (g/t) 1.52
Contained gold-ounces 1,341,021
Milling recovery 95%
Recovered gold (ounces) 1,273,621
Operating Costs & Surplus
Mining cost (A$/tonne) A$13.54
Milling cost (A$/tonne) A$9.25
Administration cost (A$/tonne) A$1.40
Total operating cost per tonne (A$/tonne)* A$24.19
Total operating cost per ounce (A$/oz)* A$523
Operating surplus (pre royalties and tax)# A$608 million
  • before royalties[# ] using a gold price of A$1,000/oz

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This reserve has been estimated to a maximum depth below surface of 215 metres and over 95% of the contained gold is within 180 metres of surface. The pit optimisation was completed using a A$1,000 per ounce gold price. Total Regis JORC reserves now stand at 2.1 million ounces

Updated Resource

During the quarter the JORC compliant Resource (inclusive of Reserves) for the Garden Well Gold Deposit was updated to 1.85 million ounces of gold. The Resource was estimated by independent geological consultants SRK Consulting using the Ordinary Kriging estimation technique on a block size of 20 m x 20 m x 5 m. Uniform conditioning was used to estimate the proportion of the kriged panel estimate above the 0.5 g/t Au cut-off using a SMU size of 5 m x 5 m x 2.5 m. The updated Resource is as follows:

Category Tonnes
(Millions)
Gold Grade (g/t) Contained Gold
(Ounces)
Indicated 32.5 1.42 1,484,000
Inferred 9.9 1.14 364,000
42.4 1.36 1,849,000

Notes: Estimation parameters follow in Appendix 3 to this announcement. Rounded to two significant figures.

This Resource has been estimated to a maximum depth below surface of 270 metres and 93% of the contained gold is within 200 metres of surface. Total Regis JORC compliant Resources now stand at 5.5 million ounces.

In Pit Resources

The open pit design contains a JORC compliant Inferred Resource of 138,000 ounces of gold in addition to the Indicated Resource that has converted to Ore Reserve. This Inferred Resource has not been included in the Ore Reserve and has not been included in any of the financial analysis on which the Reserve estimation has been based. This material has been treated as waste for the financial analysis.

The portion of the JORC compliant Resource (stated above) contained within the open pit design is as follows:

Category Tonnes
(Millions)
Gold Grade (g/t) Contained Gold
(Ounces)
Indicated 27.5 1.52 1,340,000
Inferred 3.3 1.31 138,000
30.8 1.49 1,478,000

Notes: 0.6 g/t Au lower cut off grade. Rounded to two significant figures.

Drilling completed subsequent to the estimation of the current Resource and planned drilling in 2011 has and will target the conversion of the Inferred Resource to Indicated category. In the event that successful conversion is achieved, the forecast operating cost of the current pit design is expected to fall to A$499 per ounce.

The current JORC compliant Resources and Reserves do not include drill results at depth and along strike to the south of the current Resource envelope announced during and since the end of the quarter. As part of the process of the completion of a Definitive Feasibility Study the

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board expects to estimate and report updates to both the Resource and Reserve in the March 2011 quarter.

The following cross sections highlight the continuity of mineralisation beyond the current open pit design.

Cross Sections showing Open Pit Design

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Development Update

During the quarter Regis continued to expedite the work required to form the basis of the Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) in to the development of the Garden Well Gold Project.

Metallurgical Testing

A major suite of metallurgical testing was completed and reported during the quarter in relation to the Garden Well Gold Project. The programme of gold extraction and processing comminution test work was conducted on a representative selection of diamond drilling core and reverse circulation drill samples.

The programme was designed to assess the following metallurgical characteristics of the Garden Well ore:

  • Gold leaching characteristics of oxide, transitional and fresh ore types.

  • Gravity separation character of the ore.

  • Bond Ball Mill Work index of fresh ultramafic ore (predominant fresh ore type).

  • • Bond Abrasion Index of the fresh ultramafic ore.

  • Bond Impact Crushing Work Index of the fresh ultramafic ore.

The programme returned very favourable results, including:

  • Gold leach extraction test work indicating high recoverable gold through cyanidation, with 24 hour recoveries averaging 95.3% (weighted average by resource ore types) at a 150 µm grind size.

  • High gravity gold recovery averaging 54.0% (weighted average by resource ore types) at a 150 µm grind size.

  • Very low abrasion index of 0.057 Ai (g).

  • Fresh rock ball bond mill work index medium to low at 13.6 kWh/tonne.

  • Very soft crusher work index of 4.9 kWh/tonne.

Other Studies

During the quarter surveys and reports were completed in relation to the archaeological and environmental requirements for the development of the Garden Well project. Additional studies were completed across the fields of mining, geochemistry, pit wall stability, hydrogeology, tailings storage facility design and processing plant design for use in the DFS and statutory approvals process.

The Company is targeting the following development timetable:

Milestone Targeted Timing
Update JORC reserve March 2011 quarter
Complete feasibility studies and financing June 2011 quarter
Commence project construction September 2011 quarter
Commence gold production September 2012 quarter

The delivery of this strategy and the timing of it will, of course, be dependent on numerous factors, not limited to the assessment of all technical issues, statutory licensing processes and successful completion of feasibility studies.

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EXPLORATION

Garden Well Gold Deposit

Regis continued a sustained programme of drilling to define the gold mineralisation at the Garden Well deposit during the quarter. Drilling to date has been designed to test the extent of mineralisation both along strike and at depth and also increasing the drilling density in the known body of the mineralisation for resource estimation.

Since November 2009 Regis has completed the following drilling at the Garden Well deposit:

Drilling Type December 2010 Quarter Total
Aircore 62 holes for 3,270 metres 433 holes for 34,487 metres
RC 44 holes for 10,230 metres 152 holes for 32,321 metres
Diamond 7 holesfor 1,924.8metres 15holesfor 4,398metres
Total 121 holes for 18,651 metres 487 holes for 55,781 metres

Aircore

A total of 62 Aircore holes (GDAC425 to 475 and 506 to 516) for 3,270 metres were drilled at Garden Well during the quarter. 51 of these holes (GDAC425 to 475) for 2,602 metres were drilled to sterilise the proposed Garden Well gold mill site, the tailings storage site and the waste dump site. No significant gold results were received in any of the sterilisation drilling programmes, confirming the appropriate selection of tailings, plant site, and waste dumps in the ongoing Garden Well feasibility study.

The remaining 11 Aircore holes (GDAC506 to 516) for 668 metres were drilled to test for shallow oxide gold mineralisation at the northern limits of the current oxide Resources. No significant results were returned, confirming the limit of mineralisation of the deposit to the north.

RC Drilling

A total of 44 RC holes (GDRC109 to 152) for 10,230 metres was drilled during the quarter on 40 metre spaced east-west traverses over a north-south strike distance of 1,160 metres from 6912040 to 6913200mN. The majority of holes were focused on the eastern side of the deposit to test the down dip gold mineralised structures in fresh rock beneath the oxidised zone and to in-fill previous drilling to 40 metre spaced east-west traverses. Drilling also continued to define the southern limits of gold mineralisation. To date gold mineralisation has been defined as far south as 6912040mN (limit of drilling) and is open requiring further drilling in the coming quarters. RC drilling has now confirmed strong fresh rock gold mineralisation over a north-south strike length of 1,080 metres from 6912040mN to 6913120mN.

Analytical results were received for holes GDRC099 to 152 in the December 2010 quarter. No further results are pending from this campaign. The most significant results, (intersections above 30 gram metres) are tabled below:

Hole No Northing
(mN)
Easting (mE) From
(m)
To (m) Interval
(m)
Gold g/t
RRLGDRC100 6912880 436720 71 94 23 1.86
RRLGDRC108 6912960 436840 150 206 56 1.42
RRLGDRC111 6912800 436840 177 204 27 1.62

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Hole No Northing
(mN)
Easting (mE) From
(m)
To (m) Interval
(m)
Gold g/t
RRLGDRC112 6913040 436720 50 60 10 8.83
RRLGDRC113 6913040 436760 68 90 22 1.58
RRLGDRC113 6913040 436760 93 104 11 3.82
RRLGDRC113 6913040 436760 108 124 16 2.71
RRLGDRC113 6913040 436760 128 169 41 2.26
RRLGDRC114 6913040 436800 116 130 14 3.14
RRLGDRC114 6913040 436800 142 162 20 1.8
RRLGDRC115 6913040 436840 188 201 13 2.39
RRLGDRC131 6912680 436920 222 253 31 2.07
RRLGDRC132 6912720 436920 196 227 31 2.1
RRLGDRC132 6912720 436920 242 261 19 2.07
RRLGDRC133 6912760 436880 182 219 37 2.34
RRLGDRC137 6912880 436880 226 261 35 1.19
RRLGDRC138 6912880 436920 207 222 15 3.04
RRLGDRC139 6912920 436920 251 286 35 1.65
RRLGDRC148 6912315 436808 59 77 18 2.18

>30gm intersections are highlighted

All coordinates are AGD 84. All holes drilled at -60° to 270° except the following holes: GDRC148 drilled at -90°, GDRC118 to 120 and 146 drilled at -60° to 360°, GDRC147 to 149 drilled at -60° to 180° All Intercepts calculated using a 0.5g/t lower cut, no upper cut, maximum 2m internal dilution. All assays determined on 1m split samples by fire assay.

All holes from GDRC001-152 have been previously reported to ASX.

Diamond Drilling

A total of 7 diamond holes (GDDD009 to 012, 014, and 016 to 017) for 1,924.8 metres were drilled during the quarter. Holes GDDD009 to 012 and 014 were drilled to test the down dip fresh rock gold mineralised zone beneath the RC drilling from 200 to 280 metres vertical depth. Holes GDDD016 to 017 were drilled for geotechnical purposes at the proposed Garden Well processing plant site.

The results of diamond drilling to date are considered very encouraging with drilling confirming wide moderate tenor gold intersections in fresh rock, extending gold mineralisation beyond the 200 metre vertical depth with mineralisation still open at the depth of drilling.

Significant intersections (above 30 gram metres) are tabled below.

Hole No
RRLGDDD004
RRLGDDD005
RRLGDDD006
RRLGDDD007
RRLGDDD011
Northing (mN) Easting (mE) From (m) To (m) Interval
(m)
Gold g/t
6912680 436960 232 251.67 19.67 2.91
6912520 436960 244 259.67 15.67 2.16
6912760 436920 239.85 253 13.15 2.51
6912920 436960 290.13 312.62 22.49 4.23
6912760 436960 243.68 253 9.32 6.2

>30gm intersections are highlighted

All coordinates are AGD 84. All holes drilled at -60° to 270° except GDDD002 drilled at -60° to 090° All Intercepts calculated using a 0.5g/t lower cut, no upper cut, maximum 2m internal dilution.

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All assays determined on 1m split samples by fire assay.

Holes RRLGDDD001 and 003 were drilled at -60° to 270° for metallurgical and geotechnical purposes. Whole core from gold mineralised zones was utilised for metallurgical test work. Assay results for RRLGDDD001 and 003 are for the remaining core not utilised for metallurgical test work.

Hole RRLGDDD002 was drilled at -60° to 090° for geotechnical purposes and passed in and out of low grade ore zones on the footwall side of the gold mineralised zone.

Analytical results have been received for all diamond holes completed to date but none of these holes have been included in the latest Reserve and Resource estimations for Garden Well. The results, along with a continued drilling campaign in the March 2011 quarter, will be used in the revised Reserve and Resource estimations planned in the coming months.

All holes from GDDD001-017 have been previously reported to ASX.

Further Planned Drilling

The Garden Well deposit is open along strike to the south and at depth for the entire length of the known mineralisation. This is indicated in the following gram-metre contour plot of the drilling completed to date with an overlay of the surface expression of the current reserve pit design:

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An additional 40 RC holes are planned to test the southern extent of mineralisation and a further 20 deep diamond holes are planned to determine the down-dip extent of fresh rock gold mineralisation to a vertical depth of 300 to 350 metres. Both the RC and diamond drilling programmes commenced in late January 2011.

Moolart Well

During the quarter Regis drilled 16,762 metres (141 holes) of an extensive ongoing RC drill programme designed to test for extensions to and infill of the known mineralisation in and around the oxide gold resources associated with the Moolart Well Gold project. Drilling was completed (1[st] pass spacing 25m x 50m) at Wellington, Wellington North, Blenheim, Halifax, Mosquito and commenced at the Boston prospect

The drilling is designed to infill prospective reserve conversion areas (ultimately) to a 25m x 25m pattern to allow detailed mining reserve optimisation studies to be undertaken. Significant intersections from the programme are tabled below.

Hole No Northing (mN) Easting (mE) From (m) To (m) Interval
(m)
Gold g/t
Blenheim
RRLMWRC519 6946950 435825 60 69 9 2.40
RRLMWRC519 6946950 435825 80 102 22 3.16
RRLMWRC520 6947000 435785 54 55 1 18.42
RRLMWRC522 6947000 435645 109 111 2 5.57
RRLMWRC533 6947150 435605 104 109 5 2.94
RRLMWRC535 6947200 435550 50 51 10 1.58
RRLMWRC536 6947100 435665 112 113 1 15.24
RRLMWRC536 6947100 435665 123 130 7 1.34
RRLMWRC537 6947200 435660 126 128 2 4.27
RRLMWRC545 6947350 435600 110 123 13 1.15
RRLMWRC545 6947350 435600 138 140 2 20.52
RRLMWRC546 6947350 435635 92 102 10 1.89
RRLMWRC547 6947400 435620 102 107 5 3.15
RRLMWRC552 6947455 435480 88 90 2 6.43
RRLMWRC552 6947455 435480 97 116 19 4.40
RRLMWRC553 6947450 435565 111 132 21 1.79
Mosquito
RRLMWRC564 6946200 435325 7 11 4 2.42
RRLMWRC569 6946300 435275 70 73 3 2.71
RRLMWRC742 6945900 435300 51 55 4 4.22
RRLMWRC746 6945900 435275 8 14 6 1.71
RRLMWRC749 6945945 435325 51 53 2 4.22
RRLMWRC755 6946100 435285 8 14 6 1.78
**Halifax **
RRLMWRC580 6946805 435575 43 44 1 11.24
RRLMWRC584 6946855 435515 96 102 6 1.94
RRLMWRC587 6946905 435175 81 91 10 1.84
RRLMWRC592 6946950 435575 54 64 10 2.01
RRLMWRC756 6946350 435615 62 68 6 2.13

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RRLMWRC757 6946600 435425 49 59 10 1.64
RRLMWRC758 6946600 435475 62 72 10 1.18
RRLMWRC760 6946595 435675 78 95 17 0.56
RRLMWRC763 6946650 435425 8 14 6 3.14
RRLMWRC769 6946750 435275 10 15 5 1.67
RRLMWRC770 6946750 435375 8 12 4 2.69
**Boston **
RRLMWRC599 6948800 434875 45 49 4 2.76
**Wellington **
RRLMWRC708 6945695 435575 114 122 8 1.29
RRLMWRC709 6945700 435555 0 6 6 2.20
RRLMWRC709 6945700 435555 114 126 12 1.42
RRLMWRC710 6945750 435620 6 13 7 4.63
RRLMWRC711 6945650 435710 47 48 1 8.54
RRLMWRC711 6945650 435710 73 89 16 2.13
RRLMWRC713 6945700 435810 102 123 21 1.60
**Wellington North **
RRLMWRC716 6946300 435720 84 96 12 1.00
RRLMWRC718 6946340 435720 85 93 8 1.11
RRLMWRC722 6946400 435675 69 72 3 3.79
RRLMWRC723 6946400 435720 100 108 8 2.13
RRLMWRC726 6946205 435750 58 65 7 2.85
RRLMWRC732 6946150 435720 59 61 2 7.99
RRLMWRC732 6946150 435720 65 67 2 9.38
RRLMWRC736 6946095 435760 43 45 2 4.72
RRLMWRC736 6946095 435760 65 72 7 1.15
RRLMWRC738 6946045 435800 124 145 21 1.36
RRLMWRC740 6946345 435675 72 76 4 2.20

8gm intersections are highlighted

All coordinates are AGD 84. All holes drilled at -60° to 270° All Intercepts calculated using a 0.5g/t lower cut, no upper cut, maximum 2m internal dilution. All assays determined on 1m split samples by fire assay.

The tenor and frequency of results to date are considered to provide a good basis for reserve re-optimisation studies on the Moolart Well oxide zones. Open pit re-optimisation work has commenced on existing reserves at the Lancaster, Lancaster North, Stirling and Stirling North areas and an optimisation study has commenced on the Blenheim prospect where there is no reported reserve to date.

Reserve re-optimisation studies for the Lancaster, Lancaster North, Stirling and Stirling North areas are expected to be completed in the March 2011 quarter with studies expected to be completed for the remaining prospects throughout the course of the year.

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Pleco Prospect (Garden Well North)

A total of 83 Aircore holes (GDAC372 to 424 and 476 to 505) for 6,494 metres were drilled at Pleco Prospect north of Garden Well to test the strike continuation of gold mineralisation defined at Garden Well over a strike distance of 4 kilometres.

The following table highlights the best results from the drilling during the quarter.

Table #: Garden Well North Aircore Drill Hole Analytical Results, December Quarter 2010

Hole No Northing (mN) Easting (mE) From (m) To (m) Interval
(m)
Gold g/t
RRLGDAC361 6916320 435960 38 42 4.00 4.24
RRLGDAC388 6915960 436000 35 36 1.00 12.09
RRLGDAC393 6915960 436200 92 97 5.00 1.97
RRLGDAC405 6915320 436320 64 65 1.00 10.16

8gm intersections are highlighted

All coordinates are AGD 84. All holes drilled at -60° to 270° All Intercepts calculated using a 0.5g/t lower cut, no upper cut, maximum 2m internal dilution. All assays determined on 1m split samples by fire assay.

The results confirm an anomalous gold corridor over a strike length in excess of one kilometre. However the tenor of the results returned to date in the oxide zone do not merit further work in the short term.

Tooheys Well (Garden Well South)

A total of 5 RC holes (TWRC001 to 005) for 688 metres and 22 Aircore holes (RRLTWAC001 to 022) for 401 metres were drilled in the Tooheys Well prospect 3 kilometres south of and on the same interpreted geological trend as the Garden Well gold deposit. Gold mineralisation was intersected in a number of holes with the most significant tabled below.

Table 8: Tooheys Well RC & Aircore Drill Hole Analytical Results,

Hole No Northing (mN) Easting (mE) From (m) To (m) Interval
(m)
Gold g/t
RRLTWAC011 6909234 437790 0 4 4.00 4.06
RRLTWRC002 6909088 437735 91 98 7.00 5.03

8gm intersections are highlighted

All coordinates are AGD 84. All holes drilled at -60° to 250° All Intercepts calculated using a 0.5g/t lower cut, no upper cut, maximum 2m internal dilution. All assays determined on 1m split samples by fire assay.

A further 9 RC holes are planned to be drilled in the current quarter to further examine the significance of these early results.

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CORPORATE

Gold Sales & Hedging

No gold hedging was transacted during the quarter. At the end of the quarter the Company had a total hedging position of 165,793 ounces, being 134,948 ounces of flat forward contracts with a delivery price of A$1,340 per ounce and 30,845 ounces of spot deferred contracts with a price of A$1,398 per ounce.

During the December 2010 quarter, Regis sold 20,921 ounces of gold at an average price of A$1,387 per ounce.

Cash Position

As at 31 December 2010 Regis had $21.5 million in cash and bullion holdings (Sep 2010: $5.2m) and had drawn down the project loan facility to $30.4 million. A copy of the Company’s Mining Exploration Entity Quarterly (Appendix 5B) report in accordance with Listing Rule 5.3 is attached.

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CORPORATE DIRECTORY

Regis Resources Ltd

ACN 009 174 761

Registered Office :

First Floor, 1 Alvan Street Subiaco, WA Australia 6008 Tel +618 9442 2200 Fax +618 9442 2290

Website www.regisresources.com

Email [email protected]

Directors

Mr Mark Clark (Managing Director) Mr Morgan Hart (Executive Director) Mr Nick Giorgetta (Non Executive Chairman) Mr Mark Okeby (Non Executive Director) Mr Ross Kestel (Non Executive Director)

Company Secretary and CFO

Mr Kim Massey

Share Registry

Computershare Ltd GPO Box D182 Perth WA 6840

Shareholder Enquiries: 1300 557 010 (local) +613 9415 4000 (international)

ASX Listed Securities (as at 31 December 2010)

Security Terms Code No. Quoted
Ordinary Shares RRL 430,053,915
Options Expiry 31 Jan2014
Exercise price $0.50
RRLO 8,486,013
Options Expiry 31 Oct 2012
Exercise price $1.00
RRLOB 3,897,023
Options Expiry 31 April 2012
Exercise price $2.00
RRLOA 2,576,611

COMPLIANCE

The technical information in this report has been reviewed and approved by Mr Morgan Hart who is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Hart has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 edition of the ‘Australasian Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Morgan Hart is a director and full time employee of Regis Resources Ltd and consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

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Rule 5.3

Appendix 5B

Mining exploration entity quarterly report

Introduced 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 8. Amended 1/7/97, 1/7/98, 30/9/2001, 01/06/10.

Name of entity

Regis Resources Limited

ABN Quarter ended (“current quarter”) 28 009 174 761 31 December 2010

Consolidated statement of cash flows

Cash flows related to operating activities
1.1
Receipts from product sales and related
debtors
1.2
Payments for:
(a) exploration & evaluation
(b) development
(c) production
(d) administration
1.3
Dividends received
1.4
Interest and other items of a similar
nature received
1.5
Interest and other costs of finance paid
1.6
Income taxes paid
1.7
Other (provide details if material)
-
R&D rebate received
Net Operating Cash Flows*
Current quarter
$A’000
Year to date
(6.months)
$A’000
29,006
(5,433)
(4,701)
(12,947)
(1,150)
-
120
(723)
-
-
34,086
(8,565)
(22,935)
(18,304)
(2,428)
-
227
(1,326)
-
294
4,172 (18,951)
Cash flows related to investing
activities
1.8
Payment for purchases of:
(a) prospects
(b) equity investments
(c) other fixed assets
1.9
Proceeds from sale of:
(a) prospects
(b) equity investments
(c) other fixed assets
1.10
Loans to other entities
1.11
Loans repaid by other entities
1.12
Other (provide details if material)
Net investing cash flows
1.13
Total operating and investing cash flows
(carried forward)
-
-
(535)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(1,086)
-
-
-
-
-
-
(535) (1,086)
3,637 (20,037)

* includes capitalised pre‐production expenditure for the period.

  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Current quarter
$A’000
Year to date
(6.months)
$A’000
1.13
Total operating and investing cash flows
(brought forward)
3,637 (20,037)
Cash flows related to financing
activities
1.14
Proceeds from issues of shares, options,
etc.
1.15
Proceeds from sale of forfeited shares
1.16
Proceeds from borrowings
1.17
Repayment of borrowings
1.18
Dividends paid
1.19
Other (provide details if material)
-
Share issue costs
-
Finance lease payments
Net financing cash flows
4,355
-
-
-
-
(43)
(61)
8,223
-
15,488
-
-
(56)
(61)
4,251 23,594
Net increase (decrease) in cash held
1.20
Cash at beginning of quarter/year to date
1.21
Exchange rate adjustments to item 1.20
1.22
Cash at end ofquarter*
7,888
5,210
-
3,557
9,541
-
13,098 13,098
  • Not included is gold on hand at end of quarter of 6,206oz at $1,352.54 for $8.4 million.

Payments to directors of the entity and associates of the directors Payments to related entities of the entity and associates of the related entities

related entities
1.23
Aggregate amount of payments to the parties included in item
1.2
1.24
Aggregate amount of loans to the parties included in item 1.10
Current quarter
$A'000
140
-
1.25
Explanation necessary for an understanding of the transactions
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Non-cash financing and investing activities

2.1 Details of financing and investing transactions which have had a material effect on consolidated assets and liabilities but did not involve cash flows

Nil.

  • 2.2 Details of outlays made by other entities to establish or increase their share in projects in which the reporting entity has an interest

Nil.

Financing facilities available

Add notes as necessary for an understanding of the position.

3.1
Loan facilities
3.2
Credit standby arrangements
Amount available
$A’000
Amount used
$A’000
45,000 30,358
- -

Estimated cash outflows for next quarter

4.1
Exploration and evaluation
4.2
Development
4.3
Production
4.4
Administration
$A’000
4,062
4,000
12,981*
717
Total 21,760
  • Does not include any receipts from operations. The Duketon Gold Project is forecast to be cashflow positive in the March quarter.

Reconciliation of cash

Reconciliation of cash
Reconciliation of cash at the end of the quarter (as
shown in the consolidated statement of cash flows)
to therelateditemsinthe accountsis asfollows.
Current quarter
$A’000
Previous quarter
$A’000
5.1
Cash on hand and at bank
5.2
Deposits at call
5.3
Bank overdraft
5.4
Other (provide details)
13,098 5,210
- -
- -
- -
Total: cash at end of quarter(item 1.22)** 13,098 5,210

** Not included is gold on hand at end of quarter of 6,206oz at $1,352.54/oz for $8.4 million (Previous quarter: 3,557oz at $1,539.51/oz for $5.5 million)

  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Changes in interests in mining tenements

6.1
Interests in mining
tenements
relinquished, reduced
or lapsed
6.2
Interests in mining
tenements acquired or
increased
Tenement
reference
Nature of interest
(note (2))
Interest at
beginning
ofquarter
Interest at
end of
quarter
Refer attached schedule.
Refer attached schedule.

Issued and quoted securities at end of current quarter

Description includes rate of interest and any redemption or conversion rights together with prices and dates.

Total number Numberquoted Issue price per
security (see
note 3)
Amount paid up
per security (see
note 3)
7.1
Preference
+securities
(description)
7.2
Changes
during quarter
(a) Increases
through issues
(b) Decreases
through returns
of capital, buy-
backs,
redemptions
- - - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7.3
+Ordinary
securities
7.4
Changes
during quarter
(a) Increases
through issues
(b) Decreases
through returns
of capital, buy-
backs
430,053,915 430,053,915 - -
5,000,000
740,881
325,000
80,000
30,000
-
5,000,000
740,881
325,000
80,000
30,000
-
$0.7000
$0.5000
$1.1702
$0.8885
$1.1165
-
$0.7000
$0.5000
$1.1702
$0.8885
$1.1165
-
7.5
+Convertible
debt
securities
Convertible
notes with a
repayment date
of 31
December
2012
- - -
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Total number Numberquoted Issue price per
security (see
note 3)
Amount paid up
per security (see
note 3)
7.6
Changes
during quarter
(a) Increases
through issues
(b) Decreases
through
securities
matured,
converted
-
-
-
-
-
-
7.7
Options
(description
and conversion
factor)
7.8
Issued during
quarter
7.9
Exercised
during quarter
7.10
Expired during
quarter
8,486,013
2,576,611
3,897,023
40,000
442,500
142,500
10,000,000
90,000
2,150,000
2,625,000
8,486,013
2,576,611
3,897,023
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Exercise price
$0.5000
$2.0000
$1.0000
$1.1165
$0.8885
$0.9509
$0.7665
$0.1348
$0.4205
$1.0000
Expiry date
31 Jan. 2014
30 Apr. 2012
31 Oct. 2012
31 Oct. 2011
15 Jun. 2012
15 Jun. 2012
21 Dec. 2013
4 Feb. 2014
30 Jun. 2014
29 Sep. 2014
2,625,000 - $1.0000 29 Sep. 2014
5,000,000
740,881
325,000
80,000
30,000
-
740,881
-
-
-
$0.7000
$0.5000
$1.1702
$0.8885
$1.1165
31 Dec. 2014
31 Jan. 2014
28 Nov. 2010
15 Jun. 2012
31 Oct. 2011
90,000 - $1.1702 28 Nov. 2010
7.11
Debentures
(totals only)
- -
7.12
Unsecured
notes(totals
only)
- -
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Compliance statement

  • 1 This statement has been prepared under accounting policies which comply with accounting standards as defined in the Corporations Act or other standards acceptable to ASX (see note 4).

  • 2 This statement does / ~~does not*~~ (delete one) give a true and fair view of the matters disclosed.

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Sign here: Date: 31 January 2011 ( ~~Director/~~ Company secretary)

Print name: Kim Massey

Notes

  • 1 The quarterly report provides a basis for informing the market how the entity’s activities have been financed for the past quarter and the effect on its cash position. An entity wanting to disclose additional information is encouraged to do so, in a note or notes attached to this report.

  • 2 The “Nature of interest” (items 6.1 and 6.2) includes options in respect of interests in mining tenements acquired, exercised or lapsed during the reporting period. If the entity is involved in a joint venture agreement and there are conditions precedent which will change its percentage interest in a mining tenement, it should disclose the change of percentage interest and conditions precedent in the list required for items 6.1 and 6.2.

  • 3 Issued and quoted securities The issue price and amount paid up is not required in items 7.1 and 7.3 for fully paid securities .

  • 4 The definitions in, and provisions of, AASB 1022: Accounting for Extractive Industries and AASB 1026: Statement of Cash Flows apply to this report.

  • 5 Accounting Standards ASX will accept, for example, the use of International Accounting Standards for foreign entities. If the standards used do not address a topic, the Australian standard on that topic (if any) must be complied with.

== == == == ==

  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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REGIS RESOURCES LIMITED APPENDIX 5B - QUARTER ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2010 CHANGES IN INTERESTS IN MINING TENEMENTS

6.1
Interests in
mining
tenements
relinquished,
reduced or
lapsed
Tenement
Reference
Nature of Interest
(note(2))
Interest at
beginning of
quarter

Interest at
end of
quarter
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P39/4534
P39/4535
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P39/4538
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P39/4774
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P39/4760
P39/4758
P39/4759
P39/4761
E38/559
P38/3575
P38/3558
E38/1998
L38/124
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6.2 Interests in mining tenements acquired or increased

Tenement
Reference
Nature of Interest
(note(2))
Interest at
beginning of
quarter

Interest at
end of
quarter
L38/184
P38/3941
P38/3942
P38/3943
P38/3944
G38/27
G38/28
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