PharmaGap Inc. Closes $1.1 Million Public Portion of Anticipated $2.6 Million Equity Financing; Announces Full Clinical Development Group to Take Lead Cancer Drug into Human Clinical Trials

OTTAWA, Aug. 22 /CNW Telbec/ - PharmaGap Inc. (TSX-V: GAP) (“PharmaGap” or “the Company”) today announced it has completed its previously announced offering of brokered equity securities for gross proceeds totaling $1,094,361. Investors purchased from the Company a total of 7,295,740 equity units (the “Units”) at $0.15 per Unit, with each Unit consisting of one (1) common share and one (1) two-year purchase warrant at $0.20 per common share. Net proceeds from the brokered offering totaled $919,753. Additionally 729,574 broker-warrants were issued to the Agents. Proceeds from this offering will be used to further clinical development of the Company’s novel cancer compounds, business development and for general corporate purposes. Following the closing, the total common shares issued and outstanding in the Company are 45,402,333. The issue of units is subject to final approval by the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSX-V”).