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REGIS RESOURCES LIMITED Investor Presentation 2012

Nov 8, 2012

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BUILDING A QUALITY AUSTRALIAN GOLD BUSINESS

A N N U A L G E N E R A L M E E T I N G 9 N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 2

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DISCLAIMER & COMPETENT PERSON STATEMENT

This presentation contains only a brief overview of Regis Resources Limited and its associated entities (“Regis or RRL") and their respective activities and operations. The contents of this presentation, including matters relating to the geology of Regis’ projects, may rely on various assumptions and subjective interpretations which it is not possible to detail in this presentation and which have not been subject to any independent verification.

This presentation contains a number of forward-looking statements. Known and unknown risks and uncertainties, and factors outside of Regis’ control, may cause the actual results, performance and achievements of Regis to differ materially from those expressed or implied in this presentation.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Regis does not warrant the accuracy, currency or completeness of the information in this presentation, nor the future performance of Regis, and will not be responsible for any loss or damage arising from the use of the information.

The information contained in this presentation is not a substitute for detailed investigation or analysis of any particular issue. Current and potential investors and shareholders should seek independent advice before making any investment decision in regard to Regis or its activities.

The technical information in this presentation 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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ANOTHER BUSY YEAR

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  • Moolart Well gold production

  • 105,413 ounces at cash cost of $512/oz

  • Operating cash-flow $102m

  • • Profit before tax $75m

  • Completed construction of Garden Well

  • $113m construction & $35m pre production mining

  • On time and budget AND all out of operating cashflow

  • First gold pour at Garden Well 4 Sept 2012

  • Exploration success at Garden Well & Rosemont

  • Moving towards development of Rosemont

  • Long lead items –crushers, mill and camp committed

  • • Construction to start in the March 2013 quarter

  • Acquired McPhillamys project in NSW

  • Included in the ASX 100

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THE YEAR IN THE MARKETS

2011 2012
Gold price (USD) $1,769 $1,719 -3%
Gold price (AUD) $1,744 $1,657 -5%
ASX All Ords 4,406 4,535 +3%
ASX 100 3,543 3,708 +5%
ASX Gold Index 7,378 5,711 -23%
RRL Share Price $3.33 $5.40 +62%
RRL Market Cap $1.45bn $2.44bn +68%

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GLOBAL GOLD PRODUCTION AND CASH COSTS

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2002 – 2012 Gold price $380 → $1,600 Production → 2,500t 2,700t Why?? Lack of discoveries Costs of production $200/oz → $800/oz What is real cost? CAPEX explosion

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AUSTRALIAN GOLD INDUSTRY COST CURVE JUNE 2012 QUARTER

(WITH 1[ST] , 2[ND] AND 3[RD] QUARTILE)

$1,030/oz $900/oz $600/oz

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CAPITAL COSTS RRL “IN HOUSE” DEVELOPMENT ADVANTAGE

PROJECT YEAR REGIS
CAPITAL COST
($/oz of annual prodn)
GLOBAL INDUSTRY
CAPITAL COST
($/oz of annual prodn)
Regis/
Industry
Moolart Well 2010 670 1,883 36%
Garden Well 2011/12 560 2,289 24%

Source of industry costs: UBS

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PURELY AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINER

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  • Projects 100% Regis owned

  • • 9.5Moz of resources[1,2 ]

  • • 2.8Moz of reserves[1]

  • • 2 operating mines

  • • 1 development project

  • • 100kozpa ramping to >400koz

  • • Strong growth pipeline

  • • Exclusively in Australia – low political risk

Note 1 – full breakdown of these reserves and resources in accordance with JORC is set out in Appendix 1 & 2 to this presentation

Note 2 – Includes McPhillamys - acquisition announced 9/8/12 – subject to completion. 2.5Moz resource included

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DUKETON PROJECT OVERVIEW

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  • 350km north-north east of Kalgoorlie

  • • 100% Regis owned

  • 303 granted leases

  • • 1,570 km[2 ] of ground

  • • 7.0Moz of resources[1 ]

  • • 2.8Moz of reserves[1]

Note 1 – full breakdown of these reserves and resources in accordance with JORC is set out in Appendix 1 & 2 to this presentation

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ORE RESERVES1
Total Forecast
LOM
Opex
(A$/oz)2
Status
MT
g/t
Koz
Garden Well 35.3
1.46
1,660
555
Operating
Moolart Well
- Laterites 6.8
1.31
285
Operating
- Oxide 4.2
1.82
191
Operating
MW Total 11.0
1.36
476
550
Erlistoun 2.7
2.36
203
608
Mine plan
Rosemont 8.7
1.73
487
628
DFS
Total 57.7
1.53
2,826
Note: 1.full breakdown in accordance with JORC in Appendix 1. 2. before royalties

Note: 1. full breakdown in accordance with JORC in Appendix 1. 2. before royalties

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GOLD PRODUCTION OUTLOOK

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500
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300
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2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16
Moolart Well Garden Well Erlistoun - GW displaced tonnes Erlistoun - extra grade Rosemont
Thousands
Gold Production (ounces)
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PROJECT STATUS

  • Moolart Well – producing

  • Garden Well – construction complete, started production in Sept 12

  • Rosemont – construction commencing Mar13 qtr

  • Erlistoun – satellite mine due to commence FY2014

Significant organic production growth

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MOOLART WELL

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  • Plant commissioned August 2010

  • Sept12 quarter 27,414 oz at A$503/oz[1 ]

  • Mill throughput >25% above design

  • ≈ 1yr ore supply grade controlled in pit

  • Negligible ongoing capex Reliable, low cost production generating strong cash-flow

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30,000 900
25,000 800
20,000 700
15,000 600
10,000 500
5,000 400
0 300
Moolart Well gold production (oz)
Moolart Well cash cost - pre royalties (A$/oz)
13 Australian industry average cash cost (A$/oz)
Cash cost (A$/oz)
Quarterly Production (ounces)
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Stage
Mine type
Mineralisation
Producing
Open pit
Laterite & oxide
Plant type Crush, grind, CIL
Throughput 2.5mtpa
Average grade
Recovery
FY13 production
FY13 cash cost
Mine life
Ore reserves
1.4g/t gold
>92%
95 – 105koz
A$540 – 590/oz1
5 years
476koz2
Mineral resources 2.7Moz2

Notes

1 pre royalty cash cost. 2 full breakdown in Appendix 1 & 2 3. Detailed operating stats by quarter for MW in Appendix 3

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MOOLART WELL OPERATIONS

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GARDEN WELL

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  • Virgin discovery by Regis in late 2009

  • • 30km south of Moolart Well

  • • Capex completed in line with $109m budget

  • • Production commenced in Sept 12qtr - 17koz

  • • Early indications – throughput will exceed design

  • • Excellent metallurgical & physical characteristics

  • • 2013 guidance 220-240koz at $400-450/oz[1]

  • • LOM production >200kozpa at A$555/oz[1 ]

  • Major gold discovery moving to long term, low cost gold mine

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Stage Construction
Mine type Open pit
Mineralisation Mixed ultramafic-
sediment shear
Plant type Crush, grind, CIL
Throughput 4mtpa nameplate
Reserve grade 1.46g/t gold
Recovery 95%2
FY13 production 220-240koz2
FY13 cash cost A$400-450/oz12
Mine life 9 years
Ore reserves 1.66Moz3
Mineral resources 2.56Moz3

Notes 1 forecast pre royalty cash cost. 2 DFS forecast 3. Full breakdown in Appendix 1 & 2

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GARDEN WELL OPERATIONS

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GARDEN WELL OPERATIONS

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GARDEN WELL OPERATIONS

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GARDEN WELL OPERATIONS

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GARDEN WELL OPERATIONS

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GARDEN WELL OPERATIONS

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GARDEN WELL RESOURCE EXTENSION DRILLING

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Strong results 520m south of current reserve envelope Resource increase & extension of pit further to south (Mar13 qtr)

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ROSEMONT

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  • 9 kilometres north west of Garden Well

  • DFS underway on crush & grind at pit and pump ore slurry to Garden Well . Target: Construction Dec12 qtr ≈ A$40m capex Production Sept13 qtr - 80kozpa

  • Strong exploration results north of pit – resource and reserve recalcs pending.

W:O ratio 5.61

Stage DFS
Mine type Open pit
Mineralisation Quartz hosted
stockwork
Plant type Crush, grind, pump
Throughput 1.5mtpa
Reserve grade 1.73g/t gold
Recovery 95%
LOM production 80kozpa
LOM cash cost A$628/oz1
Mine life 6 years
Ore reserves 487koz2
Mineral resources 1.08Moz2
Notes
1 forecast pre royalty cash cost. 2 full breakdown in Appendix 1 & 2

Notes

1 forecast pre royalty cash cost. 2 full breakdown in Appendix 1 & 2

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REGIONAL EXPLORATION

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  • Targeting areas:

  • Max 30m of paleochannel cover

  • • No previous effective drilling

  • Numerous drill targets.

  • Regional drilling budget • 90,000 metres / $5 million pa

Excellent scope for further discovery ► value - 3 mills in district

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MCPHILLAMYS GOLD PROJECT

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  • Acquisition announced 9/8/12 – subject to completion

  • • 250km west of Sydney

  • • 35km from each of Orange & Bathurst

  • • 3 granted leases

  • • 420 km[2 ] of ELs

  • • Project covered by freehold farmland (some to be acquired by Regis)

  • • 2.5Moz of resources

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GOLD RESOURCES[1 ]

Resource Tonnes Gold Ounces Category (millions) Grade (000’s) (g/t) Indicated 41.3 1.27 1,685 Inferred 16.1 1.57 815 Total 57.4 1.36 2,500

Note: 1. full breakdown in accordance with JORC in Appendix 1. Resource quoted at a 0.5g/t lower cutoff.

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GEOLOGY & RESOURCE

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  • Resource hosted in dacite rich volcanaclastics

  • Mineralisation defined to > 600m below surface

  • Past drilling mainly focussed on defining a bulk underground position – not successful

  • Less drilling aimed at defining near surface open cut resources – Regis opportunity

  • Drill density averages 100m x 100m

  • Resource not advanced enough for a definitive pit optimisation

  • 22,000m of RC/DD drilling required

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METALLURGY

  • Deposit is partially poly-metallic with zones of Cu, Hg and gold tellurides.

  • Sulphides and tellurides impact gold recovery.

  • Early stage testwork confirms:

  • 85% recovery in medium to course grind

  • High gravity gold – average 36% (P80 of 150µm)

  • Bond work index 13.3kWh/t - medium-low

  • Further testwork and finer grind studies required to improve on early base case.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Close to roads:

  • Mitchell Hwy 5km & Mid Western Hwy 1.5km

  • Rail – 8km from intermodal terminal on main east west rail thoroughfare Sydney-Perth

  • Power – range of transmission lines running through & close to project

  • Skilled mining labour in

  • Orange and Bathurst

  • Water – is an issue in NSW,

  • will be a major focus of prefeasibility work

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TARGET DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Resource drill-out and
reserve estimation
Pre-feasibility studies
& other logistics
DFS
Construction &
development
Gold production

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TARGET PROJECT

  • Open pit mining

  • Carbon in Leach processing (as per Duketon)

  • Circa 4 million tonnes per annum plant

  • 140 – 160kozpa gold production over a minimum 10 year mine life

  • Target capex – Regis norm +/- 15%

  • Target 2[nd] quartile cash costs

McPhillamys is an excellent medium term development opportunity

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THE YEAR AHEAD

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  • Optimise Garden Well operations

  • Develop and commence production at Rosemont

  • Update reserves and resources – Garden Well and Rosemont

  • Resource drilling and maiden reserve at McPhillamys

  • Repay bank debt

  • Commence dividend payment at end of financial year 2013

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APPENDIX 1 JORC RESERVES 30 JUNE 2012

Project Proven Proven Proven Probable Probable Probable Total Total Total Cut-off
Grade
g/t
MT grade
g/t

gold
koz
MT grade
g/t

gold
koz
MT grade
g/t

gold
koz
Garden Well 35.3 1.46 1,660 35.3 1.46 1,660 0.60
Moolart Well
Laterite 6.1 1.35 263 0.7 0.98 22 6.8 1.31 285 0.50
Oxide, trans &
fresh
0.8 1.44 37 3.3 1.41 149 4.1 1.41 186 0.40/
0.50
Stockpiles 0.1 1.49 5 0.1 1.49 5 0.5
Total Moolart
Well
7.0 1.36 305 4.0 1.36 171 11.0 1.36 476
Erlistoun 1.3 2.34 95 1.4 2.37 108 2.7 2.36 203 0.70
Rosemont 8.7 1.73 487 8.7 1.73 487 0.50
Total Reserves 8.3 1.51 400 49.4 1.53 2,426 57.7 1.53 2,826
  • Note 1 - Tonnes and Ounces are rounded, rounding errors may occur.

  • MT = million tonnes, g/t = gold grade in grams per tonne, koz = thousands of ounces

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APPENDIX 2 JORC RESOURCES 30 JUNE 2012

Project Measured Measured Measured Indicated Indicated Indicated Inferred Inferred Inferred Total Resources Total Resources Total Resources Cut-
off
Grade
g/t
MT g/t gold
koz

MT
g/t gold
koz

MT
g/t gold
koz

MT
g/t gold
koz
Moolart Well
Laterite 6.4 1.35 279 1.0 0.90 29 0.3 0.88 8 7.7 1.28 316 0.50
Oxide/trans 1.1 1.30 48 15.3 0.96 476 23.4 0.78 588 39.8 0.87 1,112 0.40
Fresh 0.3 1.68 14 4.1 1.48 196 4.4 1.49 210 1.00
Low Grade 3.0 0.42 40 17.7 0.48 273 48.5 0.49 767 69.2 0.49 1080 0.3
Stockpiles 0.1 1.49 5 0.1 1.49 5 0.5
Total Moolart Well 10.6 1.08 372 34.3 0.72 792 76.3 0.64 1,559 121.2 0.70 2,723
Garden Well 44.7 1.33 1,914 17.2 1.2 644 61.9 1.29 2,558 0.50
Erlistoun 2.3 1.92 143 3.0 1.88 179 5.3 1.90 322 0.50
Rosemont 14.6 1.68 793 6.7 1.3 285 21.3 1.57 1,078 0.50
Satellite Deposits
Dogbolter 0.9 2.91 87 0.9 2.91 87 1.00
KingJohn 0.7 3.18 72 0.7 3.18 72 1.00
Russells Find 0.4 3.84 55 0.4 3.84 55 1.00
Baneygo 0.8 1.70 43 0.8 1.70 43 0.50
Reichelts Find 0.1 3.69 17 0.1 3.69 17 1.00
Petra 0.4 3.12 42 0.4 3.12 42 2.00
Total Satellite
Deposits
0.1 3.69 17 3.2 2.83 299 3.3 2.87 316
Total 12.9 1.23 515 96.7 1.19 3,695 103.4 0.84 2,787 213.0 1.02 6,997
Regis share 6,975

Note 1 - Tonnes and Ounces are rounded, rounding errors may occur.

MT = million tonnes, g/t = gold grade in grams per tonne, koz = thousands of ounces
  • Note 1 - Tonnes and Ounces are rounded, rounding errors may occur.

  • MT = million tonnes, g/t = gold grade in grams per tonne, koz = thousands of ounces

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APPENDIX 3 MOOLART WELL QUARTERLY OPERATING STATS

Sept 11
Quarter
Dec 2011
Quarter
Mar 12
Quarter
Jun 12
Quarter
Sept 12
Quarter
Ore mined
(tonnes)
657,919
619,239

598,048

655,101

645,468
Ore milled
(tonnes)
636,812
636,058

580,495

636,114

623,864
Grade(g/t) 1.40
1.44

1.28

1.39

1.49
Recovery (%) 92
89

92

92

92
Production(oz) 26,477
26,189

22,005

26,228

27,414
Cash cost
(A$/oz)
487
525

545

532

503
Cash cost
including
royalties(A$/oz)
554
589

599

611

574

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