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The catalyst report · Wednesday, August 26, 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
3
Median gain
+6.3%
Insiders up
6

Catalysts that paid

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

MON.VMontero Mining and Exploration Ltd.Financing Closed

Montero Announces $2,200,000 Non-Brokered Private Placement - TMX Newsfile

$0.640 $0.700TSXVmkt cap $4.3M3.7× avg volumeevent 2026-08-21Release
+9.4%
day of +3.1%
next +6.1%
CTV.VCleanTech Vanadium Mining Corp.Financing Closed

CleanTech Closes First Tranche of Non-Brokered Private Placement for Gross Proceeds of $298,500 - TMX Newsfile

$0.120 $0.130TSXVmkt cap $20.2M2.8× avg volumeevent 2026-08-25Release
+8.3%
day of +16.7%
next -7.1%
WIL.VWilton Resources Inc.Financing Announced

Wilton Resources Inc. Announces Repricing of Private Placement - TMX Newsfile

$0.230 $0.240TSXVmkt cap $20.2M6.3× avg volumeevent 2026-08-25Release
+4.3%
day of +8.7%
next -4.0%
WIL.VWilton Resources Inc.Warrant Exercise

Wilton Resources Inc. Announces Repricing of Private Placement - TMX Newsfile

$0.230 $0.240TSXVmkt cap $20.2M6.3× avg volumeevent 2026-08-25Release
+4.3%
day of +8.7%
next -4.0%

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
Financing Closed2+8.9%+9.4%
Warrant Exercise1+4.3%+4.3%
Financing Announced1+4.3%+4.3%

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 $0.340

99,500 shares$15k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 63d ago
+126.7%
EBM.VEastwood Bio-Medical Canada Inc.

3 insiders bought at an average $0.980last close $1.930

18,800 shares$18k bought24 filingslast buy 15d ago
+97.0%
CGD.VCarlin Gold Corporation

2 insiders bought at an average $0.661last close $1.300

291,400 shares$193k bought7 filingslast buy 0d ago
+96.7%
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 55d 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 64d ago
+46.2%
ANK.VAngkor Resources Corp.

2 insiders bought at an average $0.287last close $0.400

47,000 shares$13k bought7 filingslast buy 13d ago
+39.4%

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.

VRR.V$0.40018.2× avg volume+233.3%
AURO.V$1.6602.9× avg volume+31.7%
ZNX.V$0.13013.3× avg volume+30.0%
XRI.CN$0.20513.7× avg volume+28.1%
AUOZ.CN$0.4506.4× avg volume+26.8%
IMR.V$0.2401.0× avg volume+26.3%
PKK.CN$0.2752.3× avg volume+25.0%
BARU.V$0.0700.5× 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.

2026-08-27+1dGRSL.VFinancing Closed$0.405
2026-08-27+1dLBNK.VFinancing Announced$0.640
2026-08-27+1dQGR.VFinancing Closed$0.240
2026-08-27+1dESAF.VFinancing Announced$0.390
2026-08-27+1dUTWO.VFinancing Closed$0.380
2026-08-27+1dHASH.VPrivate Placement$0.060
2026-08-27+1dBWLK.VFinancing Announced$0.025
2026-08-27+1dGAMA.VWarrant Exercise$0.080
2026-08-28+2dWGO.VFinancing Announced$2.350
2026-08-28+2dSURG.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.680
2026-08-28+2dSGO.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.215
2026-08-28+2dDRY.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.270
2026-08-28+2dIVS.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.290
2026-08-28+2dLBNK.VFinancing Announced$0.640
2026-08-28+2dMCC.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.180
2026-08-28+2dGIGA.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.070
2026-08-28+2dAPMI.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.115
2026-08-28+2dGAMA.VWarrant Exercise$0.080
2026-08-29+3dDMX.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.600
2026-08-29+3dPEI.VFinancing Announced$0.040

40 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.