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The catalyst report · Wednesday, July 29, 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
5
Tickers
5
Median gain
+8.3%
Insiders up
6

Catalysts that paid

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

RYR.VRoyal Road Minerals LimitedFinancing Announced

Royal Road Minerals Announces Closing of Brokered LIFE Offering - TMX Newsfile

$0.175 $0.200TSXVmkt cap $67.2M0.8× avg volumeevent 2026-07-28Release
+14.3%
BMR.VBattery Mineral Resources Corp.Financing Announced

Battery Mineral Resources' ESI Subsidiary Secures Strategic Financing with JPMorgan Chase - TMX Newsfile

$0.140 $0.160TSXVmkt cap $75.2M1.5× avg volumeevent 2026-07-22Release
+14.3%
day of +3.6%
next +10.3%
ALTU.VAltura Energy Corp.Warrant Exercise

Global Energy Partner Backs Altura Energy with $3 Million Private Placement to Expand Helium Production in Arizona - TMX Newsfile

$0.180 $0.195TSXVmkt cap $16.2M1.2× avg volumeevent 2026-07-28Release
+8.3%
day of +11.1%
next -2.5%
ARGH.VArgo CorporationCalculated Hold Expiry

Calculated hold expiry from: Argo Engages Independent Trading Group as Market Maker and Closes Private Placement - GlobeNewswire

$0.310 $0.330TSXVmkt cap $93.1M4.7× avg volumeevent 2026-07-28Release
+6.5%
day of +3.2%
next +3.1%
BPAG.VBP Silver Corp.Calculated Hold Expiry

Calculated hold expiry from: BP Silver Closes Initial Tranche and Announces Upsize of Non-Brokered Private Placement to C$10 Million - TMX Newsfile

$0.800 $0.810TSXVmkt cap $60.4M1.7× avg volumeevent 2026-07-28Release
+1.2%
day of +0.0%
next +1.2%

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+14.3%+14.3%
Calculated Hold Expiry2+3.9%+6.5%
Warrant Exercise1+8.3%+8.3%

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.

BAG.VBlende Silver Corp.

Andrew H. Rees bought at an average $0.130last close $0.185

100,000 shares$13k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 36d ago
+42.3%
HPL.VHorizon Petroleum Ltd.

Trevor Williams bought at an average $0.150last close $0.210

99,500 shares$15k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 35d ago
+40.0%
FCI.VFirst Canadian Graphite Inc.

John LaGourgue bought at an average $0.254last close $0.330

44,500 shares$11k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 77d ago
+29.9%
EDDY.VEdison Lithium Corp.

Amrit Paul Singh Gill bought at an average $0.050last close $0.060

418,000 shares$21k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 27d ago
+21.0%
TUF.VHoney Badger Silver Inc.

Chad Williams bought at an average $0.630last close $0.710

100,000 shares$63k boughtSenior Officer of Issuerlast buy 82d ago
+12.7%
ROX.VCanstar Resources Inc.

John Paul Austin bought at an average $0.055last close $0.060

457,000 shares$25k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 84d ago
+9.1%

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.

MEK.V$0.0600.0× avg volume+20.0%
PUR.V$0.5406.2× avg volume+18.7%
NICE.V$0.4502.0× avg volume+18.4%
HMM-A.TO$20.1805.3× avg volume+15.8%
SOXD.TO$2.4701.3× avg volume+15.4%
OILU.TO$45.7801.5× avg volume+14.2%
HOU.TO$20.1701.1× avg volume+13.6%
ERKA.CN$0.3400.6× avg volume+13.3%

Coming up · next 7 days

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

2026-07-30+1dAEC.VFinancing Closed$5.860
2026-07-30+1dPGZ.VFinancing Announced$0.175
2026-07-30+1dFAIR.VWarrant Exercise$0.055
2026-07-30+1dVLD.VWarrant Exercise$0.540
2026-07-30+1dIFR.VWarrant Exercise$0.035
2026-07-30+1dDG.VWarrant Exercise$0.040
2026-07-31+2dECU.VFinancing Announced$1.680
2026-07-31+2dLCX.VCalculated Hold Expiry$1.650
2026-07-31+2dSVE.VWarrant Exercise$0.380
2026-07-31+2dAEC.VFinancing Closed$5.860
2026-07-31+2dARCH.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.860
2026-07-31+2dWHY.VFinancing Announced$0.300
2026-07-31+2dGRDM.VFinancing Announced$0.135
2026-07-31+2dAZR.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.130
2026-07-31+2dABA.VFinancing Closed$0.115
2026-07-31+2dMEK.VWarrant Exercise$0.060
2026-07-31+2dGAMA.VWarrant Exercise$0.080
2026-08-01+3dRYO.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.260
2026-08-01+3dYNV.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.090
2026-08-01+3dTTGI.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.050

18 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.