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The catalyst report · Monday, August 10, 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
6
Tickers
6
Median gain
+7.3%
Insiders up
6

Catalysts that paid

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

BRED.VPurebread Brands Inc.Calculated Hold Expiry

Calculated hold expiry from: Purebread Brands Inc. Announces Upsizing of Non-Brokered Private Placement to $2,000,000 and Proposed Debt Settlement - TMX Newsfile

$0.130 $0.150TSXVmkt cap $7.7M0.3× avg volumeevent 2026-08-09Release
+15.4%
MAH.VMarksmen Energy Inc.Financing Announced

MARKSMEN ANNOUNCES PROPOSED PRIVATE PLACEMENT - GlobeNewswire

$0.090 $0.100TSXVmkt cap $898k9.8× avg volumeevent 2026-08-07Release
+11.1%
RBZ.VArya Resources Ltd.Calculated Hold Expiry

Calculated hold expiry from: Arya Resources Announces $3.0 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement - TMX Newsfile

$0.270 $0.295TSXVmkt cap $14.8M0.6× avg volumeevent 2026-08-09Release
+9.3%
UTWO.VU92 Energy Corp.Warrant Exercise

U92 Energy Announces Filing of Final Short Form Prospectus in Connection with Public Offering - TMX Newsfile

$0.370 $0.390TSXVmkt cap $25.8M2.8× avg volumeevent 2026-08-07Release
+5.4%
day of +2.7%
next +2.6%
VRR.VVR Resources Ltd.Calculated Hold Expiry

Calculated hold expiry from: VR Resources Announces $500,000 Brokered Private Placement Led by Centurion One Capital - GlobeNewswire

$0.095 $0.100TSXVmkt cap $17.5M0.4× avg volumeevent 2026-08-07Release
+5.3%
day of +10.5%
next -4.8%
SRC.VStakeholder Gold Corp.Warrant Exercise

Stakeholder Gold Closes Flow-Through Financing - TMX Newsfile

$1.730 $1.750TSXVmkt cap $44.6M2.3× avg volumeevent 2026-08-07Release
+1.2%
day of +2.9%
next -1.7%

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
Calculated Hold Expiry3+9.3%+15.4%
Warrant Exercise2+3.3%+5.4%
Financing Announced1+11.1%+11.1%

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 $0.240

100,000 shares$13k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 48d ago
+84.6%
HPL.VHorizon Petroleum Ltd.

Trevor Williams bought at an average $0.150last close $0.240

99,500 shares$15k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 47d ago
+60.0%
CGD.VCarlin Gold Corporation

Calvin Clovis Everett bought at an average $0.645last close $0.920

280,500 shares$181k bought10% Security Holder of Issuerlast buy 4d ago
+42.6%
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 39d ago
+41.2%
EBM.VEastwood Bio-Medical Canada Inc.

3 insiders bought at an average $0.971last close $1.200

18,300 shares$18k bought23 filingslast buy 0d ago
+23.5%
ANK.VAngkor Resources Corp.

2 insiders bought at an average $0.287last close $0.340

46,500 shares$13k bought7 filingslast buy 12d ago
+18.7%

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.

ZLC.TO$14.6101.3× avg volume+893.2%
ATMY.CN$0.5701.4× avg volume+29.5%
TT.V$0.2252.3× avg volume+25.0%
NVRS.CN$0.4152.9× avg volume+20.3%
COPR.TO$0.4002.0× avg volume+19.4%
ITH.TO$3.7304.7× avg volume+19.2%
QGR.V$0.2000.7× avg volume+17.6%
SGN.V$0.3501.8× avg volume+16.7%

Coming up · next 7 days

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

2026-08-11+1dAGX.VFinancing Announced$0.940
2026-08-11+1dCTH.VFinancing Announced$1.390
2026-08-11+1dPWM.VWarrant Exercise$0.620
2026-08-11+1dWAM.VFinancing Announced$0.650
2026-08-11+1dQGR.VFinancing Announced$0.200
2026-08-11+1dQGR.VPrivate Placement$0.200
2026-08-11+1dNVX.VWarrant Exercise$0.430
2026-08-11+1dJG.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.080
2026-08-11+1dCHS.VHold Period Mention$0.405
2026-08-11+1dERA.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.250
2026-08-11+1dIN.VCapital Markets Event$0.060
2026-08-11+1dVMS.VWarrant Exercise$0.040
2026-08-11+1dEFF.VWarrant Exercise$0.030
2026-08-11+1dJDN.VPrivate Placement$0.220
2026-08-12+2dLIFT.VFinancing Announced$2.930
2026-08-12+2dPWM.VFinancing Closed$0.620
2026-08-12+2dPWM.VWarrant Exercise$0.620
2026-08-12+2dAAN.VFinancing Closed$0.570
2026-08-12+2dUSS.VWarrant Exercise$0.740
2026-08-12+2dUTWO.VWarrant Exercise$0.390

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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.