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The catalyst report · Wednesday, August 5, 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
4
Tickers
4
Median gain
+16.1%
Insiders up
6

Catalysts that paid

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

DELX.VDelphX Capital Markets Inc.Warrant Exercise

DelphX Arranges Non-Brokered Unit Private Placement - TMX Newsfile

$0.010 $0.015TSXVmkt cap $2.4M0.1× avg volumeevent 2026-08-04Release
+50.0%
ABA.VAbasca Resources Inc.Financing Closed

Abasca Resources Closes Non-Brokered Private Placement of $3.0 Million and Applauds the Targeted Mineral Exploration Incentive of the Government of Saskatchewan - ACCESS Newswire

$0.095 $0.120TSXVmkt cap $16.3M22.4× avg volumeevent 2026-07-31Release
+26.3%
QGR.VQ-Gold Resources Ltd.Financing Announced

QuantumCore Announces C$4.27 Million Strategic Financing with New U.S. Investor to Accelerate Its Vision of Building the Global Leader in Quantum Computing Infrastructure - newsfilecorp.com

$0.170 $0.180TSXVmkt cap $39.7M2.7× avg volumeevent 2026-08-04Release
+5.9%
day of +0.0%
next +5.9%
PEMC.VPacific Empire Minerals Corp.Warrant Exercise

Pacific Empire Announces Closing of Non-Brokered Private Placement of Units - TMX Newsfile

$0.045 $0.047TSXVmkt cap $16.7M0.0× avg volumeevent 2026-08-04Release
+5.6%
day of +11.1%
next -5.0%

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
Warrant Exercise2+27.8%+50.0%
Financing Closed1+26.3%+26.3%
Financing Announced1+5.9%+5.9%

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.

HPL.VHorizon Petroleum Ltd.

Trevor Williams bought at an average $0.150last close $0.250

99,500 shares$15k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 42d ago
+66.7%
BAG.VBlende Silver Corp.

Andrew H. Rees bought at an average $0.130last close $0.205

100,000 shares$13k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 43d ago
+57.7%
CGD.VCarlin Gold Corporation

Calvin Clovis Everett bought at an average $0.610last close $0.920

235,000 shares$143k bought10% Security Holder of Issuerlast buy 5d ago
+50.9%
TUF.VHoney Badger Silver Inc.

Chad Williams bought at an average $0.630last close $0.920

100,000 shares$63k boughtSenior Officer of Issuerlast buy 89d ago
+46.0%
EDDY.VEdison Lithium Corp.

Amrit Paul Singh Gill bought at an average $0.050last close $0.070

418,000 shares$21k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 34d ago
+41.2%
HART.VGold Hart Copper Corp.

Isaac Benjamin Maresky bought at an average $0.181last close $0.225

340,000 shares$62k bought10% Security Holder of Issuerlast buy 19d ago
+24.2%

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.

PGDC.V$0.6003.0× avg volume+46.3%
FNC.V$0.1850.1× avg volume+45.9%
GTE.TO$13.26013.3× avg volume+37.1%
SHPU.TO$10.5502.8× avg volume+33.2%
HART.V$0.2250.1× avg volume+28.6%
CGMU.TO$8.1301.0× avg volume+23.4%
SEAS.CN$1.3301.0× avg volume+23.1%
VML.V$0.3000.7× avg volume+22.4%

Coming up · next 7 days

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

2026-08-06+1dUCU.VFinancing Announced$3.440
2026-08-06+1dLCX.VWarrant Exercise$1.470
2026-08-06+1dARIC.VWarrant Exercise$0.830
2026-08-06+1dABI.VWarrant Exercise$0.070
2026-08-06+1dSMN.VFinancing Announced$0.120
2026-08-06+1dCOR.VWarrant Exercise$0.470
2026-08-06+1dRSM.VFinancing Closed$0.310
2026-08-06+1dSNAG.VFinancing Closed$0.240
2026-08-07+2dPGZ.VFinancing Announced$0.180
2026-08-07+2dBTR.VFinancing Announced$0.135
2026-08-07+2dSRC.VWarrant Exercise$1.700
2026-08-07+2dESAF.VWarrant Exercise$0.420
2026-08-07+2dUTWO.VWarrant Exercise$0.385
2026-08-07+2dVRR.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.100
2026-08-07+2dPEMC.VFinancing Announced$0.047
2026-08-07+2dICM.VWarrant Exercise$0.050
2026-08-07+2dSMY.VWarrant Exercise$0.220
2026-08-07+2dMAH.VFinancing Announced$0.090
2026-08-09+4dPESO.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.495
2026-08-09+4dPTX.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.100

38 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.