DelMar announces second closing of $1.5M in private placement

DelMar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB: DMPI) ("DelMar") today announced the second closing in a private placement consisting of approximately 1.9 million units of its securities to qualified accredited investors, for gross proceeds of approximately $1.5 million. The total amount raised in the private placement is $6.9 million.

DelMar announced a first closing of $5.4 million on January 25, 2013.

Charles Vista LLC acted as the company's placement agent in the unit offering. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one common stock purchase warrant.

Jeffrey Bacha , Chief Executive Officer of DelMar, commented "We are pleased to announce this second closing to raise additional funds and are very encouraged by the overall level of investor interest in our private placement. We continue to enhance our financial position to expand and accelerate our drug development activities with our lead drug candidate, VAL-083."