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The catalyst report · Thursday, August 6, 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
+5.3%
Insiders up
6

Catalysts that paid

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

IMR.ViMetal Resources Inc.Warrant Exercise

iMetal Resources Confirms Private Placement Is Fully Subscribed - TMX Newsfile

$0.140 $0.160TSXVmkt cap $13.2M4.6× avg volumeevent 2026-08-05Release
+14.3%
day of +7.1%
next +6.7%
BKM.VPacific Booker Minerals Inc.Financing Announced

Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. Announces Final TSX Venture Approval and Receipt of Funds on Non-Brokered Private Placement - TMX Newsfile

$2.470 $2.600TSXVmkt cap $52.2M5.4× avg volumeevent 2026-08-05Release
+5.3%
day of +3.2%
next +2.0%
BIG.VHercules Metals Corp.Private Placement

Hercules Metals Incoming Management Team to Invest C$4.5 million in Non-Brokered Private Placement - TMX Newsfile

$0.820 $0.850TSXVmkt cap $490.2M3.3× avg volumeevent 2026-08-05Release
+3.7%
day of +2.4%
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
Warrant Exercise1+14.3%+14.3%
Financing Announced1+5.3%+5.3%
Private Placement1+3.7%+3.7%

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 $0.230

100,000 shares$13k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 44d ago
+76.9%
HPL.VHorizon Petroleum Ltd.

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

99,500 shares$15k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 43d ago
+46.7%
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 35d ago
+41.2%
CGD.VCarlin Gold Corporation

Calvin Clovis Everett bought at an average $0.645last close $0.830

280,500 shares$181k bought10% Security Holder of Issuerlast buy 0d ago
+28.6%
EBM.VEastwood Bio-Medical Canada Inc.

3 insiders bought at an average $0.966last close $1.200

17,900 shares$17k bought21 filingslast buy 7d ago
+24.2%
GDP.VGolden Pursuit Resources Ltd.

Kathleen McClay bought at an average $0.256last close $0.300

42,000 shares$11k bought10% Security Holder of Issuerlast buy 6d ago
+17.1%

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.

B.V$0.31011.7× avg volume+63.2%
ILLM.TO$0.8305.8× avg volume+38.3%
RAK.V$0.1807.1× avg volume+28.6%
GMR.CN$0.8802.8× avg volume+25.7%
NIOX.CN$0.5401.0× avg volume+14.9%
PHOS.CN$1.8702.4× avg volume+14.7%
CRON.TO$4.3205.0× avg volume+13.7%
NILI.V$0.7503.4× avg volume+13.6%

Coming up · next 7 days

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

2026-08-07+1dPGZ.VFinancing Announced$0.180
2026-08-07+1dBTR.VFinancing Announced$0.140
2026-08-07+1dSRC.VWarrant Exercise$1.730
2026-08-07+1dESAF.VWarrant Exercise$0.415
2026-08-07+1dUTWO.VWarrant Exercise$0.370
2026-08-07+1dVRR.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.095
2026-08-07+1dPEMC.VFinancing Announced$0.050
2026-08-07+1dICM.VWarrant Exercise$0.050
2026-08-07+1dSMY.VWarrant Exercise$0.200
2026-08-07+1dMAH.VFinancing Announced$0.090
2026-08-09+3dPESO.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.470
2026-08-09+3dPTX.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.095
2026-08-09+3dRBZ.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.290
2026-08-09+3dBRED.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.160
2026-08-09+3dILC.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.020
2026-08-10+4dECU.VFinancing Closed$1.740
2026-08-10+4dSCMI.VCalculated Hold Expiry$1.830
2026-08-10+4dNIM.VPrivate Placement$0.710
2026-08-10+4dPESO.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.470
2026-08-10+4dTLT.VWarrant Exercise$0.260

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.