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The catalyst report · Friday, July 31, 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 that paid

No tracked catalyst finished green on this session.

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.

FCI.VFirst Canadian Graphite Inc.

John LaGourgue bought at an average $0.254last close $0.400

44,500 shares$11k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 79d ago
+57.5%
HPL.VHorizon Petroleum Ltd.

Trevor Williams bought at an average $0.150last close $0.220

99,500 shares$15k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 37d ago
+46.7%
BAG.VBlende Silver Corp.

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

100,000 shares$13k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 38d ago
+30.8%
ROX.VCanstar Resources Inc.

John Paul Austin bought at an average $0.055last close $0.070

457,000 shares$25k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 86d ago
+27.3%
CGD.VCarlin Gold Corporation

Calvin Clovis Everett bought at an average $0.610last close $0.700

235,000 shares$143k bought10% Security Holder of Issuerlast buy 0d ago
+14.8%
TUF.VHoney Badger Silver Inc.

Chad Williams bought at an average $0.630last close $0.700

100,000 shares$63k boughtSenior Officer of Issuerlast buy 84d ago
+11.1%

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.

TC.TO$21.7303.4× avg volume+58.8%
XXIX.V$0.15511.3× avg volume+34.8%
SNA.CN$0.0200.0× avg volume+33.3%
AMZU.TO$28.4603.5× avg volume+30.2%
BRO.V$0.2353.3× avg volume+27.0%
ZEN.V$0.9501.4× avg volume+21.8%
BETR.CN$0.2902.9× avg volume+20.8%
AMHE.TO$14.7003.6× avg volume+14.8%

Coming up · next 7 days

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

2026-08-01+1dRYO.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.270
2026-08-01+1dYNV.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.090
2026-08-01+1dTTGI.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.050
2026-08-01+1dBRED.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.170
2026-08-03+3dARCH.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.810
2026-08-03+3dMEK.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.060
2026-08-03+3dFAIR.VFinancing Announced$0.050
2026-08-04+4dLIFT.VFinancing Announced$3.310
2026-08-04+4dQGR.VFinancing Announced$0.170
2026-08-04+4dPEMC.VWarrant Exercise$0.045
2026-08-04+4dBWLK.VWarrant Exercise$0.035
2026-08-04+4dDELX.VWarrant Exercise$0.010
2026-08-04+4dGHL.VShares For Debt$0.055
2026-08-05+5dBIG.VPrivate Placement$0.810
2026-08-05+5dBBB.VWarrant Exercise$0.670
2026-08-05+5dBKM.VFinancing Announced$2.430
2026-08-05+5dFCLI.VFinancing Announced$0.405
2026-08-05+5dERDA.VWarrant Exercise
2026-08-05+5dIMR.VWarrant Exercise$0.140
2026-08-05+5dMILE.VFinancing Announced$0.180

19 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.