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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001279569-16-004111
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160808
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160808
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160808

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ESSA Pharma Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001633932
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			A1
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-37410
		FILM NUMBER:		161815278

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SUITE 720
		STREET 2:		999 WEST BROADWAY
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V5Z 1K5
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(778) 331-0962

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SUITE 720
		STREET 2:		999 WEST BROADWAY
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V5Z 1K5
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>For the month of August
2016</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>Commission File Number 001-37410
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<P STYLE="font: 24pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>ESSA Pharma Inc. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Translation of registrant&rsquo;s
name into English) </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>Suite 720, 999 West Broadway,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 1K5 </B></P>

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the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:</P>

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by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
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by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>EXHIBITS INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS
REPORT </B></P>

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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="font: bold 8pt/107% Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Exhibit</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>Material Change Report Date August 8, 2016</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>E</I></B></FONT><B><I><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt">SSA</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
        P</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt">HARMA</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"> I</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt">NC</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">.</FONT></I></B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt/107% Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Date:
     August 8, 2016</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt/107% Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt">S</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/
        D</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt">AVID</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"> W</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt">OOD</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Name:</P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">David Wood</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt">Chief Financial Officer</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 8pt"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; text-align: center; margin: 0"><B>FORM 51-102F3</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; text-align: center; margin: 0"><B><I>MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT</I></B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 9%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><B>Item 1:</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 91%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><B>Name and Address of Company</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">ESSA Pharma Inc. (&ldquo;ESSA&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Suite 720, 999 West Broadway</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Z 1K5</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><B>Item 2:</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><B>Date of Material Change</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt">August 1, 2016.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><B>Item 3:</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><B>News Release</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.55pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.55pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt">A news release announcing the material change was issued on August 1, 2016 through Canada NewsWire and a copy was filed on SEDAR on August 1, 2016.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><B>Item 4:</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><B>Summary of Material Change</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -0.75in; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -0.75in; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.55pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.55pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt">ESSA announced that Peter Virsik had been appointed as the Company&rsquo;s Executive Vice President &amp; Chief Operating Officer.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><B>Item 5:</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><B>Full Description of Material Change</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><B>5.1 </B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><B>Full Description of Material Change</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.55pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.55pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt">ESSA announced that Peter Virsik had been appointed as the Company&rsquo;s Executive Vice President &amp; Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Virsik will be responsible for leading ESSA&rsquo;s overall business development and corporate strategy as the Company further advances its clinical development plan for the novel prostate cancer therapeutic EPI-506. Mr. Virsik is a biopharmaceutical executive with over 20 years&rsquo; experience in corporate development, new product planning, licensing and alliance management with global pharmaceutical organizations.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><B>5.2 </B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><B>Disclosure for Restructuring Transactions</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt">Not applicable.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><B>Item 6:</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><B>Reliance on subsection 7.1(2) of National Instrument 51-102</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><B>Item 8:</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt"><B>Executive Officer</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt">For further information, please contact David Wood, Chief Financial Officer of the Company at 778-331-0962.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt">August 8, 2016.</FONT></TD></TR>
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