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The catalyst report · Tuesday, August 25, 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
5
Tickers
4
Median gain
+5.6%
Insiders up
6

Catalysts that paid

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

SVRS.VSilver Storm Mining Ltd.Financing Announced

Silver Storm Announces Upsize of Non-Brokered Private Placement to $15.0 Million - ACCESS Newswire

$0.500 $0.540TSXVmkt cap $443.6M2.0× avg volumeevent 2026-08-24Release
+8.0%
day of +8.0%
next +0.0%
NPR.VNorth Peak Resources Ltd.Capital Markets Event

North Peak Announces TSXV Approval of Warrant Expiry Date Extensions - TMX Newsfile

$0.720 $0.760TSXVmkt cap $33.3M6.1× avg volumeevent 2026-08-24Release
+5.6%
day of -2.8%
next +8.6%
NPR.VNorth Peak Resources Ltd.Warrant Exercise

North Peak Announces TSXV Approval of Warrant Expiry Date Extensions - TMX Newsfile

$0.720 $0.760TSXVmkt cap $33.3M6.1× avg volumeevent 2026-08-24Release
+5.6%
day of -2.8%
next +8.6%
ALEX.VAlpha Exploration Ltd.Calculated Hold Expiry

Calculated hold expiry from: Alpha Exploration Announces Private Placement Financing - TMX Newsfile

$0.475 $0.490TSXVmkt cap $49.0M3.4× avg volumeevent 2026-08-21Release
+3.2%
day of -2.1%
next +5.4%
CBR.VCabral Gold Inc.Warrant Exercise

Cabral Gold Announces Closing of $45 Million Private Placement with Strategic Investor - TMX Newsfile

$1.370 $1.410TSXVmkt cap $517.1M2.5× avg volumeevent 2026-08-24Release
+2.9%
day of +2.6%
next +0.4%

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 Exercise2+4.2%+5.6%
Financing Announced1+8.0%+8.0%
Calculated Hold Expiry1+3.2%+3.2%
Capital Markets Event1+5.6%+5.6%

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 62d ago
+120.0%
CGD.VCarlin Gold Corporation

2 insiders bought at an average $0.650last close $1.330

286,000 shares$186k bought6 filingslast buy 5d ago
+104.6%
EBM.VEastwood Bio-Medical Canada Inc.

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

18,800 shares$18k bought24 filingslast buy 14d 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 54d ago
+61.4%
BAG.VBlende Silver Corp.

Andrew H. Rees bought at an average $0.130last close $0.195

100,000 shares$13k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 63d ago
+50.0%
ANK.VAngkor Resources Corp.

2 insiders bought at an average $0.287last close $0.370

47,000 shares$13k bought7 filingslast buy 12d ago
+29.0%

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.

GPUS.V$0.3252.7× avg volume+35.4%
OTMC.V$0.60010.5× avg volume+33.3%
WG.CN$0.3852.9× avg volume+30.5%
MSM.CN$0.9600.7× avg volume+20.0%
MEK.V$0.0602.0× avg volume+20.0%
BETR.CN$0.3801.3× avg volume+18.8%
AVL.TO$9.4303.8× avg volume+17.7%
NINE.CN$0.1005.9× avg volume+17.6%

Coming up · next 7 days

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

2026-08-26+1dSVRS.VWarrant Exercise$0.540
2026-08-26+1dSURG.VConsolidation$0.630
2026-08-26+1dBOGO.VPrivate Placement$1.090
2026-08-26+1dBOGO.VWarrant Exercise$1.090
2026-08-26+1dENA.VCapital Markets Event$7.010
2026-08-26+1dSMN.VFinancing Announced$0.140
2026-08-26+1dSMN.VWarrant Exercise$0.140
2026-08-26+1dQGR.VFinancing Announced$0.230
2026-08-26+1dQGR.VPrivate Placement$0.230
2026-08-26+1dALGR.VWarrant Exercise$0.640
2026-08-26+1dCOR.VWarrant Exercise$0.400
2026-08-26+1dSRGE.VWarrant Exercise
2026-08-26+1dSMY.VFinancing Closed$0.255
2026-08-26+1dSMY.VWarrant Exercise$0.255
2026-08-26+1dSDR.VWarrant Exercise$0.160
2026-08-26+1dILI.VPrivate Placement$0.020
2026-08-27+2dGRSL.VFinancing Closed$0.405
2026-08-27+2dLBNK.VFinancing Announced$0.600
2026-08-27+2dQGR.VFinancing Closed$0.230
2026-08-27+2dESAF.VFinancing Announced$0.400

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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.