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The catalyst report · Monday, August 24, 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
+17.6%
Insiders up
6

Catalysts that paid

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

BIGG.VBIGG Digital Assets Inc.Warrant Exercise

BIGG Digital Assets Announces Name Change to Surge Digital Inc. and Share Consolidation - TMX Newsfile

$0.065 $0.490TSXVmkt cap $30.2M4.9× avg volumeevent 2026-08-21Release
+653.8%
day of +600.0%
next +7.7%
MCC.VMorocco Strategic Minerals CorporationCalculated Hold Expiry

Calculated hold expiry from: Morocco Strategic Minerals Announces Proposed Private Placement - GlobeNewswire

$0.150 $0.180TSXVmkt cap $36.7M3.0× avg volumeevent 2026-08-21Release
+20.0%
day of +16.7%
next +2.9%
QGR.VQ-Gold Resources Ltd.Financing Closed

QSE Closes Second Tranche of Private Placement of $6 Million - TMX Newsfile

$0.170 $0.200TSXVmkt cap $39.7M1.2× avg volumeevent 2026-08-21Release
+17.6%
day of +5.9%
next +11.1%
QGR.VQ-Gold Resources Ltd.Warrant Exercise

QSE Closes Second Tranche of Private Placement of $6 Million - TMX Newsfile

$0.170 $0.200TSXVmkt cap $39.7M1.2× avg volumeevent 2026-08-21Release
+17.6%
day of +5.9%
next +11.1%
SVRS.VSilver Storm Mining Ltd.Financing Announced

Silver Storm Announces $7.5 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement with Eric Sprott - ACCESS Newswire

$0.500 $0.540TSXVmkt cap $443.6M6.6× avg volumeevent 2026-08-21Release
+8.0%
day of +0.0%
next +8.0%
BYN.VBanyan Gold Corp.Calculated Hold Expiry

Calculated hold expiry from: Banyan Gold Announces $46.5 Million Private Placement - ACCESS Newswire

$1.850 $1.930TSXVmkt cap $916.4M1.0× avg volumeevent 2026-08-21Release
+4.3%
day of +0.0%
next +4.3%

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+335.7%+653.8%
Calculated Hold Expiry2+12.2%+20.0%
Financing Closed1+17.6%+17.6%
Financing Announced1+8.0%+8.0%

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 $0.320

99,500 shares$15k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 61d ago
+113.3%
CGD.VCarlin Gold Corporation

2 insiders bought at an average $0.650last close $1.280

286,000 shares$186k bought6 filingslast buy 4d ago
+96.9%
EBM.VEastwood Bio-Medical Canada Inc.

3 insiders bought at an average $0.980last close $1.850

18,800 shares$18k bought24 filingslast buy 13d ago
+88.9%
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 53d ago
+61.4%
BAG.VBlende Silver Corp.

Andrew H. Rees bought at an average $0.130last close $0.190

100,000 shares$13k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 62d ago
+46.2%
HART.VGold Hart Copper Corp.

2 insiders bought at an average $0.183last close $0.245

352,500 shares$65k bought3 filingslast buy 0d ago
+33.6%

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.

RDS.V$1.2707.9× avg volume+25.7%
TTS.V$2.6001.0× avg volume+23.8%
MLM.CN$0.5802.7× avg volume+23.4%
PRCG.CN$0.4256.9× avg volume+21.4%
B.V$0.5800.6× avg volume+20.8%
LGC.V$3.7903.9× avg volume+18.8%
APXC.CN$1.4200.9× avg volume+16.4%
KLDC.V$0.3601.6× avg volume+16.1%

Coming up · next 7 days

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

2026-08-25+1dAGX.VFinancing Announced$0.980
2026-08-25+1dEPF.VHold Period Mention$0.450
2026-08-25+1dEPF.VShares For Debt$0.450
2026-08-25+1dCTV.VFinancing Closed$0.120
2026-08-25+1dWIL.VFinancing Announced$0.230
2026-08-25+1dWIL.VWarrant Exercise$0.230
2026-08-25+1dYNV.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.090
2026-08-25+1dVIS.VFinancing Announced$0.020
2026-08-25+1dTBIX.VWarrant Exercise$0.010
2026-08-26+2dSVRS.VWarrant Exercise$0.540
2026-08-26+2dSURG.VConsolidation$0.640
2026-08-26+2dBOGO.VPrivate Placement$1.100
2026-08-26+2dBOGO.VWarrant Exercise$1.100
2026-08-26+2dENA.VCapital Markets Event$6.600
2026-08-26+2dSMN.VFinancing Announced$0.130
2026-08-26+2dSMN.VWarrant Exercise$0.130
2026-08-26+2dQGR.VFinancing Announced$0.200
2026-08-26+2dQGR.VPrivate Placement$0.200
2026-08-26+2dALGR.VWarrant Exercise$0.640
2026-08-26+2dCOR.VWarrant Exercise$0.450

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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.