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The catalyst report · Friday, August 21, 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
5
Median gain
+4.5%
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 Announces Non-Brokered Unit Private Placement - TMX Newsfile

$0.010 $0.015TSXVmkt cap $2.4M0.2× avg volumeevent 2026-08-20Release
+50.0%
CTV.VCleanTech Vanadium Mining Corp.Financing Announced

CleanTech Announces $1 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement - TMX Newsfile

$0.100 $0.115TSXVmkt cap $20.2M8.2× avg volumeevent 2026-08-20Release
+15.0%
day of +20.0%
next -4.2%
YGT.VGold Terra Resource Corp.Financing Closed

Gold Terra Closes Third and Final Tranche of Its LIFE Offering for Gross Proceeds of Approximately C$10.1 M - ACCESS Newswire

$0.200 $0.210TSXVmkt cap $97.8M2.3× avg volumeevent 2026-08-20Release
+5.0%
day of +0.0%
next +5.0%
IRR.VIrruptive Metals Corp.Warrant Exercise

Irruptive Metals Announces $30 Million "Bought Deal" Private Placement - TMX Newsfile

$1.250 $1.300TSXVmkt cap $227.6M13.9× avg volumeevent 2026-08-20Release
+4.0%
day of +12.0%
next -7.1%
SCD.VScandium Canada Ltd.Financing Announced

Scandium Canada Announces Closing of $5 Million Non-Brokered Life Offering of Charity Flow-Through Units - TMX Newsfile

$0.205 $0.210TSXVmkt cap $95.7M0.9× avg volumeevent 2026-08-20Release
+2.4%
day of +0.0%
next +2.4%
SCD.VScandium Canada Ltd.Warrant Exercise

Scandium Canada Announces Closing of $5 Million Non-Brokered Life Offering of Charity Flow-Through Units - TMX Newsfile

$0.205 $0.210TSXVmkt cap $95.7M0.9× avg volumeevent 2026-08-20Release
+2.4%
day of +0.0%
next +2.4%

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 Exercise3+4.0%+50.0%
Financing Announced2+8.7%+15.0%
Financing Closed1+5.0%+5.0%

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 $0.330

99,500 shares$15k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 58d ago
+120.0%
CGD.VCarlin Gold Corporation

2 insiders bought at an average $0.650last close $1.180

286,000 shares$186k bought6 filingslast buy 1d ago
+81.5%
EBM.VEastwood Bio-Medical Canada Inc.

3 insiders bought at an average $0.980last close $1.700

18,800 shares$18k bought24 filingslast buy 10d ago
+73.5%
EDDY.VEdison Lithium Corp.

Amrit Paul Singh Gill bought at an average $0.050last close $0.080

418,000 shares$21k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 50d ago
+61.4%
BAG.VBlende Silver Corp.

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

100,000 shares$13k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 59d ago
+57.7%
HART.VGold Hart Copper Corp.

Isaac Benjamin Maresky bought at an average $0.181last close $0.240

340,000 shares$62k bought10% Security Holder of Issuerlast buy 35d ago
+32.5%

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.

PDI.TO$4.5000.1× avg volume+389.1%
S.TO$0.4002.0× avg volume+42.9%
PRCG.CN$0.35011.7× avg volume+42.9%
HML.CN$0.0407.6× avg volume+33.3%
RBNU.TO$35.5402.0× avg volume+27.0%
SNA.CN$0.0250.1× avg volume+25.0%
TELI.CN$0.5901.7× avg volume+21.6%
GHRT.V$0.9003.6× avg volume+20.0%

Coming up · next 7 days

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

2026-08-22+1dPLUR.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.150
2026-08-22+1dZLTO.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.050
2026-08-23+2dMEK.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.050
2026-08-23+2dGGI.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.060
2026-08-24+3dCBR.VWarrant Exercise$1.370
2026-08-24+3dSVRS.VFinancing Announced$0.500
2026-08-24+3dAHR.VFinancing Announced$1.120
2026-08-24+3dPESO.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.472
2026-08-24+3dTLT.VWarrant Exercise$0.190
2026-08-24+3dDLTA.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.190
2026-08-24+3dNPR.VCapital Markets Event$0.720
2026-08-24+3dNPR.VWarrant Exercise$0.720
2026-08-24+3dJG.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.065
2026-08-24+3dSATO.VFinancing Announced$0.090
2026-08-24+3dSATO.VWarrant Exercise$0.090
2026-08-24+3dEFF.VFinancing Announced$0.030
2026-08-24+3dDELX.VWarrant Exercise$0.015
2026-08-25+4dAGX.VFinancing Announced$0.980
2026-08-25+4dEPF.VHold Period Mention$0.480
2026-08-25+4dEPF.VShares For Debt$0.480

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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.