
Regis Resources: all that glitters
THE gold continues to glitter for WA-based miner Regis Resources. Regis Resources’ shares climbed to a historic high of $5.76 in February, after the Duketon gold project owner announced a half-year profit of $80 million. While the price hasn’t sustained that level, it’s hovered between the $5 and $5.50 mark ever since, allowing the company to return more than $40m to shareholders in the form of an 8¢ a share interim dividend. The gold miner generated $126.5m in operating cash flows between July 1 and December 31 last year on sales of 186,726 ounces of gold and revenues of $317.2m, with EDITDA of $146.4 million at a healthy margin of 46 per cent. Figures from its latest corporate update reveal…