MINNEAPOLIS, June 19, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DiaMedica Therapeutics Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:DMA) (OTCQB:DMCAF), today announces that the Board of Directors has granted options to purchase 1,775,000 common shares of the Corporation to the Company's management and board of directors at an exercise price of $0.32 per share. These options were awarded in accordance with the Company's stock option plan for a ten-year term.
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