The catalyst report · Monday, August 17, 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
- +5.4%
- Insiders up
- 6
Catalysts that paid
Ordered by the size of the gain, biggest first. Events that closed flat or red aren't shown.
Full Circle Lithium Announces Closing of Private Placement - ACCESS Newswire
next +2.4%
Hemostemix Closes Second Tranche of Private Placement and Obtains Extension to August 14, 2026 - TMX Newsfile
next +15.4%
Critical One Energy Announces Completion of Flow-Through Private Placement for Aggregate Proceeds of CDN$6,728,601 - newsfilecorp.com
next +1.7%
Adaptogenics Health Corp. Announces Non-Brokered Private Placement - TMX Newsfile
next -1.1%
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 type | n | Median gain | Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warrant Exercise | 3 | +7.1% | +11.8% |
| Financing Announced | 1 | +1.1% | +1.1% |
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.
Trevor Williams bought at an average $0.150 → last close $0.350
Amrit Paul Singh Gill bought at an average $0.050 → last close $0.100
3 insiders bought at an average $0.980 → last close $1.900
Andrew H. Rees bought at an average $0.130 → last close $0.220
2 insiders bought at an average $0.646 → last close $0.840
Brendan Yurik bought at an average $0.105 → last close $0.135
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.
Coming up · next 7 days
Hold-period expiries and announced financings dated ahead. Expiries only appear once the financing behind them was already public.
| 2026-08-18+1d | GRSL.V | Financing Announced | $0.420 |
| 2026-08-18+1d | QGR.V | Financing Announced | $0.170 |
| 2026-08-18+1d | DLTA.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $0.190 |
| 2026-08-18+1d | WIL.V | Warrant Exercise | $0.255 |
| 2026-08-18+1d | VRR.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $0.095 |
| 2026-08-18+1d | IMR.V | Warrant Exercise | $0.150 |
| 2026-08-18+1d | MEK.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $0.050 |
| 2026-08-18+1d | VMS.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $0.040 |
| 2026-08-19+2d | AGX.V | Private Placement | $0.910 |
| 2026-08-19+2d | UVC.V | Financing Announced | $0.730 |
| 2026-08-19+2d | MRVL.V | Financing Announced | $0.160 |
| 2026-08-20+3d | IRR.V | Warrant Exercise | $1.300 |
| 2026-08-20+3d | GRSL.V | Capital Markets Event | $0.420 |
| 2026-08-20+3d | YGT.V | Financing Closed | $0.180 |
| 2026-08-20+3d | SCD.V | Financing Announced | $0.210 |
| 2026-08-20+3d | SCD.V | Warrant Exercise | $0.210 |
| 2026-08-20+3d | SNAG.V | Financing Announced | $0.280 |
| 2026-08-20+3d | SNAG.V | Warrant Exercise | $0.280 |
| 2026-08-20+3d | CTV.V | Financing Announced | $0.105 |
| 2026-08-20+3d | TORQ.V | Warrant Exercise | $0.050 |
32 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.