Regis Resources shares are up 175% in 2025. Here are the latest 'very encouraging' gold exploration results

Regis Resources Ltd (ASX: RRL) shares are edging lower today.

Shares in the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) gold stock closed on Friday trading for $7.09. In morning trade on Monday, shares are changing hands for $7.08 apiece, down 0.1%.

For some context, the ASX 200 is down 0.2% at this same time.

With today's intraday moves factored in, Regis Resources shares remain up a remarkable 174.5% year to date, smashing the 5.1% gains delivered by the benchmark index.

The ASX 200 gold stock has been an obvious beneficiary of the soaring gold price. The yellow metal is currently trading for US$4,198 per ounce, up 60% in 2025. But the miner has hardly been sitting on its laurels.

Here's what the company reported this morning.

Regis Resources shares eyeing growth prospects

The ASX gold miner has released its twice-yearly exploration update across its Duketon and Tropicana projects, both located in Western Australia.

Building longer-term support for Regis Resources shares, the miner said that over the half year it continued advancing priority underground and open pit targets, improving its geological confidence across key growth areas.

Management said they are now assessing longer-term opportunities within both operations, noting the company is evaluating and testing 100 exploration prospects and projects at varying stages of development.

Among the highlights of the past six months of exploration, Regis said strong drilling results at its Garden Well Underground project confirmed the continuity of mineralisation outside of the current mine designs. The miner said these results support ongoing assessment of deeper down-plunge extensions at the prospect.

And at the Rosemont Stage 3 Underground gold mine, Regis said its resource definition and extensional drilling continued to intersect multiple zones of high-grade mineralisation. This has extended the system some 300 metres beyond current designs and strengthened the medium-term underground growth potential at the mine.

What did management say?

Commenting on the exploration program that should support Regis Resources shares longer-term, CEO Jim Beyer said, "Our exploration teams continue to deliver solid progress across the business."

He noted, "The work completed over the past six months has strengthened our understanding of the underground growth pipeline at Duketon and confirmed further extensions at Tropicana."

Beyer concluded:

The team's systematic approach is building confidence by providing a steady flow of opportunities to support future studies, Reserve conversion and long-term mine life planning. We are very encouraged by the results to date and see ongoing potential across our portfolio as drilling continues into the second half of FY 2026.

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