Exhibit 1.6

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|       | **Certificate      of Continuance**            |       | **Certificat      de prorogation**                                  |       |
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|                           | **Canada      Business      Corporations Act** |                           | **Loi      canadienne sur      les sociétés par actions** |                           |

 

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|                           | **LORUS THERAPEUTICS      INC.**                                                                                                                                                               |                           | **432523-1**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                           |
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|                           | Name      of corporation-Dénomination de la société                                                                                                                             |                           | Corporation      number-Numéro de la société                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                           |
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|                           | I hereby      certify that the above-named corporation was contined under section 187      of the *Canada Business Corporations Act*, as set out in the attached      articles of continuance. |                           | Je certifie      que la société susmentionnée a été prorogée      en vertu de l'article 187 de la *Loi canadienne sur les sociétés      par actions*, tel qu'il est indiqué dans les clauses de prorogation      ci-jointes. |                           |
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|                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                |                           | **October      1, 2005 / le 1 octobre 2005**             Date of Continuance - Date de la prorogation                                                                                                                                                                |                           |
|                           | Richard      G. Shaw           Director - Directeur                                                                                                                   |                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| **Industry        Canada                 Canada Business Corporations Act**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | **Industrie        Canada      Loi canadienne sur les sociétés par actions**                   | **FORM        11                 ARTICLES OF        CONTINUANCE        (SECTION 187)** | **FORMULAIRE        11                 CLAUSES DE        PROROGATION        (ARTICLE 187)** |
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| **1.   Name          of the Corporation – Dénomination sociale de la société**

LORUS          THERAPEUTICS INC.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | **2 –          Taxation Year End – Fin de l'année d'imposition**

 05   31 |
| 4        – The classes and the maximum number of shares that the corporation        is authorized to issue – Catégories et le nombre maximal d'actions        que is société est autorisée à émettre

UNLIMITED NUMBER          OF COMMON SHARES                                                                                                                                              |
| 5          – Restrictions, if any, on share transfers – Restrictions          sur le transfert des actions, s'il y a lieu

NONE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 6          – Number (or minimum and maximum number) of directors – Nombre          (ou nombre minimal et maximal) d'administrateurs

MINIMUM 3, MAXIMUM          11                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 7          – Restrictions, if any, on business the corporation may carry on          – Limites imposes à l'activité commerciale de la société,          s'il y a lieu

NONE                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 8        – (1) if change of name effected, previous name – S'il y a changement        de dénomination sociale, indiquer la denomination sociale antérieureN/A                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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|      (2)        Details of incorporation – Détails de la constitution                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Incorporated        by amalgamation in Ontario as RML Medical Laboratories Inc. on October        28, 1991. Name changed in Ontario from RML Medical Laboratories Inc. to        Imutec Corporation on August 25, 1992. Name changed in Ontario from Imutec        Corporation to Imutech Pharma Inc. on November 27, 1996. Name changed        in Ontario from Imutec Pharma Inc. to Lorus Therapeutics Inc. on November        19, 1998. |
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| 9        – Other provisions, if any – Autres dispositions, s'il y a lieu

The actual number        of directors within the minimum and maximum number set out in paragraph        6 may be determined from time to time by resolution of the directors.

The directors may        appoint one or more additional directors, who shall hold office for a        term expiring not later than the close of the next annual meeting of shareholders,        but the total number of directors so appointed may not exceed one third        of the number of directors elected at the previous annual meeting of shareholders. |
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