DelMar Pharmaceuticals Announces

DelMar Pharmaceuticals Announces

Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2018 Financial Results

- Company will host a business

update conference call on May 30, 2018 at 4:30 PM Eastern Time -

VANCOUVER, British Columbia and MENLO

PARK, Calif., May, 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- DelMar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMPI) ("DelMar" or the "Company"),

a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of new cancer therapies, announced its financial results for the third quarter

ended March 31, 2018. DelMar executive management will host a business update conference call for investors, analysts and other

interested parties on May 30, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

"This quarter has been a

pivotal and important period for DelMar. I am pleased with our enhanced focus on leveraging VAL-083's unique mechanism

of action to advance both of our Phase 2 clinical programs including MGMT-unmethylated, second-line, bevacizumab

(Avastin) na ve glioblastoma, and MGMT-unmethylated, first-line, temozolomide-na ve glioblastoma. MGMT methylation

status has become increasingly important in the diagnosis and treatment of glioblastoma, and a routine part of clinical

practice as it is a well-established biomarker that correlates with resistance to the standard-of-care chemotherapy,

temozolomide, and with patient outcomes. We believe that using this biomarker will optimize patient selection for treatment

in future trials with our lead drug candidate, VAL-083, thereby streamlining development and enhancing opportunities for

success in our clinical development programs," commented Saiid Zarrabian, Interim President and Chief Executive

For further details on the Company's operating and

financial results, as well as more detail about its updated strategy, refer to DelMar's 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 15,

2018, http://ir.delmarpharma.com/all-sec-filings.

CONFERENCE CALL DETAILS

DelMar plans to host a conference call to discuss its financial

results for the quarter ended March 31, 2018 and provide a corporate update on May 30, 2018, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. For both

"listen-only" participants and those who wish to take part in the question and answer portion of the call, the telephone

Dial-in Number is 1 877-876-9176 (toll free) with Conference ID DELMAR.

A replay of the conference call will be available on the IR

Calendar of the Investors section of the Company's website at www.delmarpharma.com and will be archived for 30 days.

SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED MARCH

At March 31, 2018, the Company had combined

cash and cash equivalents and clinical trial deposits on hand of approximately $9.4 million.

For the three months ended March 31,

2018, the Company reported a net loss of $2,933,057 or $0.13 per share, compared to a net loss of $1,868,460, or $0.18 per share,

for the three months ended March 31, 2017. For the nine months ended March 31, 2018, the Company reported a net loss of $8,761,061

or $0.44 per share, compared to a net loss of $5,480,772, or $0.54 per share, for the nine months ended March 31, 2017.

The following represents selected financial

information as of March 31, 2018. The Company's financial information has been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and

this selected information should be read in conjunction with DelMar's consolidated financial statements and management's

discussion and analysis ("MD&A"), as filed.

DelMar's financial statements as filed with the U.S.

Securities Exchange Commission can be viewed on the company's website at: http://ir.delmarpharma.com/all-sec-filings.

Selected Balance Sheet Data

Selected Statement of Operations Data

For the three months ended:

Excluding the impact of non-cash expense, research and development

expenses increased to $1,765,643 during the current quarter from $968,332 for the same period in the prior year. The increase

was primarily due to manufacturing costs for drug product as well as ongoing clinical trial costs for the Company's two

Phase 2, biomarker-driven clinical studies. In addition, the Company recognized certain costs related to parking its STAR-3, Phase

3 trial during the current quarter. Excluding the impact of non-cash expenses, general and administrative expenses increased in

the three months ended March 31, 2018 to $870,202 from $635,769 for the three months ended March 31, 2017

For the nine months ended:

Excluding the impact of non-cash expense, research and development

expenses increased to $5,720,830 during the nine months period ended March 31, 2018, compared to $2,831,861 for the same period

in the prior year. The increase was partially due to manufacturing costs for drug product as well as ongoing trial costs for the

Company's two Phase 2, biomarker-driven clinical studies. During the nine months ended March 31, 2018, the Company undertook

site initiation and enrollment for its parked STAR-3, Phase 3 study in GBM. At March 31, 2018, the Company recognized certain costs

related to the parking of the trial.

Excluding the impact of non-cash expenses, general and administrative

expenses increased in the nine months ended March 31, 2018 to $2,456,207 from $1,942,944 for the nine months ended March 31, 2017.

DelMar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

DelMar Pharmaceuticals is focused on

the development and commercialization of new therapies for cancer patients who have limited or no treatment options. By focusing

on understanding tumor biology and mechanisms of treatment resistance, the Company identifies biomarkers to personalize new therapies

in indications where patients are failing, or are unable to tolerate, standard-of-care treatments.

The Company's current pipeline

is based around VAL-083, a "first-in-class," small-molecule chemotherapeutic with a novel mechanism of action that has

demonstrated clinical activity against a range of cancers including central nervous system, ovarian and other solid tumors (e.g.

NSCLC, bladder cancer, head & neck) in U.S. clinical trials sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Based on DelMar's

internal research programs, and these prior NCI-sponsored clinical studies, the Company is conducting clinical trials to support

the development and commercialization of VAL-083 to solve significant unmet medical needs.

VAL-083 is also being studied in two

collaborator-supported, biomarker-driven, Phase 2 clinical trials for MGMT-unmethylated GBM. Overcoming MGMT-mediated resistance

represents a significant unmet medical need in the treatment of GBM. In addition, DelMar recently announced the allowance of a

separate IND for VAL-083 as a potential treatment for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Further information on DelMar's

clinical trials can be found on clinicaltrials.gov: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?cond=&term=val-083&cntry1=&state1=&recrs

For additional information, please visit http://delmarpharma.com/;

or contact DelMar Pharmaceuticals Investor Relations: ir@delmarpharma.com / (604) 629-5989.

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Safe Harbor Statement

contained in this press release that do not describe historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements as that term is

defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on current

expectations but are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. The factors that could cause actual future results to differ

materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties relating to the Company's ability

to develop, market and sell products based on its technology; the expected benefits and efficacy of the Company's products and

technology; the availability of substantial additional funding for the Company to continue its operations and to conduct research

and development, clinical studies and future product commercialization; and, the Company's business, research, product development,

regulatory approval, marketing and distribution plans and strategies. These and other factors are identified and described in more

detail in the Company's filings with the SEC, including, the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended

June 30, 2017, the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K.