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The catalyst report · Thursday, August 27, 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
7
Tickers
6
Median gain
+7.1%
Insiders up
6

Catalysts that paid

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

SDR.VStroud Resources Ltd.Warrant Exercise

Silver Hammer and Stroud Resources Announce up to C$10 Million Brokered Financing in Connection with Silver Frontier Transaction - TMX Newsfile

$0.160 $0.180TSXVmkt cap $10.2M0.3× avg volumeevent 2026-08-26Release
+12.5%
day of +12.5%
next +0.0%
SURG.VSurge Copper Corp.Consolidation

Surge Digital Inc. Announces Completion of Name Change and Share Consolidation - TMX Newsfile

$0.630 $0.690TSXVmkt cap $241.2M0.8× avg volumeevent 2026-08-26Release
+9.5%
day of +7.9%
next +1.5%
SVRS.VSilver Storm Mining Ltd.Warrant Exercise

Silver Storm Closes $14.625 Million First Tranche of Non-Brokered Private Placement Led by Eric Sprott and Announces Further Upsize Up to $21.0 Million - ACCESS Newswire

$0.540 $0.580TSXVmkt cap $443.6M1.9× avg volumeevent 2026-08-26Release
+7.4%
day of -1.9%
next +9.4%
SMN.VSun Summit Minerals Corp.Financing Announced

Sun Summit Announces Closing of $4 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement - TMX Newsfile

$0.140 $0.150TSXVmkt cap $52.8M0.6× avg volumeevent 2026-08-26Release
+7.1%
day of +7.1%
next +0.0%
SMN.VSun Summit Minerals Corp.Warrant Exercise

Sun Summit Announces Closing of $4 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement - TMX Newsfile

$0.140 $0.150TSXVmkt cap $52.8M0.6× avg volumeevent 2026-08-26Release
+7.1%
day of +7.1%
next +0.0%
COR.VCamino Minerals CorporationWarrant Exercise

Camino Closes $5.8 Million Brokered Private Placement of Units and Concurrent $9.4 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement of Convertible Debentures - ACCESS Newswire

$0.400 $0.420TSXVmkt cap $37.1M3.4× avg volumeevent 2026-08-26Release
+5.0%
day of +0.0%
next +5.0%
ALGR.VAlgo Grande Copper Corp.Warrant Exercise

Algo Grande Copper Announces Upsizing of Private Placement - ACCESS Newswire

$0.640 $0.650TSXVmkt cap $37.7M1.4× avg volumeevent 2026-08-26Release
+1.6%
day of +4.7%
next -3.0%

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
Warrant Exercise5+7.1%+12.5%
Financing Announced1+7.1%+7.1%
Consolidation1+9.5%+9.5%

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 $0.305

99,500 shares$15k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 64d ago
+103.3%
CGD.VCarlin Gold Corporation

2 insiders bought at an average $0.661last close $1.330

291,400 shares$193k bought7 filingslast buy 1d ago
+101.2%
EBM.VEastwood Bio-Medical Canada Inc.

3 insiders bought at an average $0.980last close $1.910

18,800 shares$18k bought24 filingslast buy 16d ago
+95.0%
BAG.VBlende Silver Corp.

Andrew H. Rees bought at an average $0.130last close $0.210

100,000 shares$13k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 65d ago
+61.5%
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 56d ago
+61.4%
GWM.VGalway Metals Inc.

Robert Hinchcliffe bought at an average $0.547last close $0.760

328,500 shares$180k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 2d ago
+38.9%

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.

FSB.TO$190.1000.0× avg volume+1898.9%
SOXD.TO$15.0000.0× avg volume+834.6%
MSTU.TO$34.9500.5× avg volume+513.2%
COIU.TO$28.8500.1× avg volume+443.3%
PDI.TO$4.1000.1× avg volume+336.2%
ELR.TO$0.4806.4× avg volume+37.1%
NWST.V$0.4001.8× avg volume+29.0%
COV.V$2.93012.5× avg volume+27.9%

Coming up · next 7 days

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

2026-08-28+1dWGO.VFinancing Announced$2.400
2026-08-28+1dSURG.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.690
2026-08-28+1dSGO.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.210
2026-08-28+1dDRY.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.260
2026-08-28+1dIVS.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.300
2026-08-28+1dLBNK.VFinancing Announced$0.620
2026-08-28+1dMCC.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.180
2026-08-28+1dGIGA.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.070
2026-08-28+1dAPMI.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.115
2026-08-28+1dGAMA.VWarrant Exercise$0.080
2026-08-29+2dDMX.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.610
2026-08-29+2dPEI.VFinancing Announced$0.040
2026-08-29+2dILI.VFinancing Announced$0.020
2026-08-30+3dDMX.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.610
2026-08-30+3dZAU.VFinancing Announced$0.310
2026-08-30+3dAVN.VFinancing Announced$0.440
2026-08-30+3dDELX.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.010
2026-08-31+4dBIG.VFinancing Closed$1.270
2026-08-31+4dSVRS.VFinancing Closed$0.580
2026-08-31+4dWRLG.VFinancing Announced$0.940

37 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.