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The catalyst report · Monday, July 20, 2026

What went up, and what took it there

The Canadian small-caps that finished green on this session: catalysts whose reaction paid, insiders sitting above what they paid, and the day’s biggest advances on real volume. Releases carry a date but no time, so each catalyst move is measured from the last close before the event through the close of the session after it — capturing the reaction whether the news broke mid-session or after the bell.

Catalysts paid
3
Tickers
3
Median gain
+5.0%
Insiders up
6

Catalysts that paid

Ordered by the size of the gain, biggest first. Events that closed flat or red aren't shown.

SATO.VSATO Technologies Corp.Calculated Hold Expiry

Calculated hold expiry from: SATO Technologies Corp. Announces Upsize of Private Placement to $1.4 Million and Closes First Tranche Backed by Management and Insiders - TMX Newsfile

$0.110 $0.145TSXVmkt cap $10.5M0.3× avg volumeevent 2026-07-17Release
+31.8%
NSE.VNew Stratus Energy Inc.Financing Announced

New Stratus Energy Announces Increased Private Placement - TMX Newsfile

$0.600 $0.630TSXVmkt cap $115.1M1.4× avg volumeevent 2026-07-17Release
+5.0%
day of +1.7%
next +3.3%
MNLX.VMiniluxe Holding Corp.Financing Announced

MINILUXE ANNOUNCES PROPOSED SHARES FOR DEBT ISSUANCE - GlobeNewswire

$0.350 $0.355TSXVmkt cap $68.4M1.0× avg volumeevent 2026-07-15Release
+1.4%

Winners by event type

Green outcomes only, this session. n counts the event type's winners, not its events — samples are small by nature, so read n before the median.

Event typenMedian gainBest
Financing Announced2+3.2%+5.0%
Calculated Hold Expiry1+31.8%+31.8%

Insiders in the green

Open-market buys made in the last 90 days that are now trading above the insider's share-weighted average price. Option exercises, grants and issuer buybacks are excluded — only cash purchases by people count.

LBI.VLions Bay Capital Inc.

John Joseph Byrne bought at an average $0.231last close $0.320

112,500 shares$26k bought10% Security Holder of Issuerlast buy 68d ago
+38.8%
FCI.VFirst Canadian Graphite Inc.

John LaGourgue bought at an average $0.260last close $0.360

50,500 shares$13k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 68d ago
+38.7%
HPL.VHorizon Petroleum Ltd.

Trevor Williams bought at an average $0.150last close $0.200

99,500 shares$15k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 26d ago
+33.3%
BAG.VBlende Silver Corp.

Andrew H. Rees bought at an average $0.130last close $0.170

100,000 shares$13k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 27d ago
+30.8%
CNRI.VCanadian North Resources Inc.

Lee Q. Shim bought at an average $0.180last close $0.235

60,000 shares$11k bought10% Security Holder of Issuerlast buy 18d ago
+30.6%
COCO.VCoast Copper Corp.

Michael Kosowan bought at an average $0.180last close $0.230

350,000 shares$63k bought10% Security Holder of Issuerlast buy 82d ago
+27.8%

Volume gainers

The session's biggest advances among names that traded real money — a 40% move on $300 of volume is a print, not a market.

BNK.TO$15.3503.5× avg volume+67.5%
QIMC.CN$0.5402.5× avg volume+24.1%
ROAR.V$0.1901.2× avg volume+18.8%
ERTH.CN$0.1907.3× avg volume+15.2%
ARIC.V$0.8502.0× avg volume+14.9%
PCU.V$1.5500.3× avg volume+14.8%
AMQ.CN$0.8001.0× avg volume+14.3%
HHE.CN$0.0401.4× avg volume+14.3%

Coming up · next 7 days

Hold-period expiries and announced financings dated ahead. Expiries only appear once the financing behind them was already public.

2026-07-21+1dSVE.VWarrant Exercise$0.385
2026-07-21+1dBBB.VCapital Markets Event$0.650
2026-07-21+1dPNTR.VWarrant Exercise$0.300
2026-07-21+1dNXH.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.490
2026-07-21+1dUSS.VWarrant Exercise$0.670
2026-07-21+1dTWR.VWarrant Exercise$0.160
2026-07-21+1dCTV.VWarrant Exercise$0.115
2026-07-21+1dSEGN.VWarrant Exercise$0.280
2026-07-21+1dFOBI.VCalculated Hold Expiry
2026-07-21+1dBWLK.VPrivate Placement$0.035
2026-07-21+1dOCAL.VFinancing Closed
2026-07-21+1dDELX.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.015
2026-07-21+1dLALI.VWarrant Exercise$0.050
2026-07-22+2dBMR.VFinancing Announced$0.140
2026-07-22+2dHPQ.VFinancing Announced$0.160
2026-07-22+2dLOD.VWarrant Exercise$0.300
2026-07-22+2dNICE.VWarrant Event$0.430
2026-07-22+2dUTWO.VWarrant Exercise$0.430
2026-07-22+2dOC.VFinancing Announced$0.110
2026-07-22+2dSGU.VWarrant Exercise$0.035

32 more on the catalyst calendar.

This issue reports winners only: catalysts that closed green, insiders who are up, and names that rose on the session. The events, buys and moves that went the other way are filtered out, so nothing here is a hit rate or a representative sample of how these setups usually turn out.

Information only — not investment advice, and not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Event data is extracted automatically from public releases and may be incomplete, delayed or misattributed to the wrong issuer; verify against the company’s own filings before acting.