(Sharecast News) - Baron Oil announced on Friday that it had raised a total of £3.26m through a fundraise.

The AIM-traded company said it raised £0.26m through the WRAP retail offer, in addition to the earlier disclosed placing and subscription.

That brought the total gross proceeds generated for Baron Oil to £3.26m, combining the placing and subscription of 6,000,000,000 placing and subscription shares with the 528,023,360 WRAP retail offer shares.

At 1259 GMT, shares in Baron Oil were down 28% at 0.05p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.