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The catalyst report · Friday, August 28, 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
4
Median gain
+11.1%
Insiders up
6

Catalysts that paid

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

BWLK.VBoardwalktech Software Corp.Financing Announced

Boardwalktech Announces Extension of Previously Announced Non-Brokered Offering - TMX Newsfile

$0.025 $0.030TSXVmkt cap $4.5M9.6× avg volumeevent 2026-08-27Release
+20.0%
day of +0.0%
next +20.0%
ESAF.VSyntholene Energy Corp.Financing Announced

Syntholene Energy Corp. Announces Closing of Upsized Non-Brokered Private Placement - TMX Newsfile

$0.390 $0.440TSXVmkt cap $38.1M4.8× avg volumeevent 2026-08-27Release
+12.8%
day of +1.3%
next +11.4%
LBNK.VLithiumBank Resources Corp.Financing Announced

LithiumBank Announces Non-Brokered Private Placement - TMX Newsfile

$0.640 $0.700TSXVmkt cap $48.7M6.2× avg volumeevent 2026-08-27Release
+9.4%
day of -3.1%
next +12.9%
HASH.VSimply Solventless Concentrates Ltd.Private Placement

Simply Solventless Files 2025 Annual Financials and Provides Updates on Timing of Filing Q1 2026 Financials, Management Cease Trade Order, Private Placement and Debt Settlement - TMX Newsfile

$0.060 $0.065TSXVmkt cap $5.8M3.8× avg volumeevent 2026-08-27Release
+8.3%
day of +0.0%
next +8.3%

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
Financing Announced3+12.8%+20.0%
Private Placement1+8.3%+8.3%

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.

CGD.VCarlin Gold Corporation

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

291,400 shares$193k bought7 filingslast buy 2d ago
+101.2%
EBM.VEastwood Bio-Medical Canada Inc.

3 insiders bought at an average $0.980last close $1.880

18,800 shares$18k bought24 filingslast buy 17d ago
+91.9%
HPL.VHorizon Petroleum Ltd.

Trevor Williams bought at an average $0.150last close $0.270

99,500 shares$15k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 65d ago
+80.0%
BAG.VBlende Silver Corp.

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

100,000 shares$13k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 66d 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 57d ago
+61.4%
ANK.VAngkor Resources Corp.

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

47,000 shares$13k bought7 filingslast buy 15d 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.

DB.V$1.8000.0× avg volume+1400.0%
ORIO.TO$1.55010.0× avg volume+26.0%
CSQ.CN$0.050+25.0%
IRON.CN$0.490+22.5%
HMR.V$0.6002.4× avg volume+20.0%
GPUS.V$0.3650.7× avg volume+17.7%
ZNX.V$0.1401.1× avg volume+16.7%
VIPR.V$0.4853.5× avg volume+15.5%

Coming up · next 7 days

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

2026-08-29+1dDMX.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.610
2026-08-29+1dPEI.VFinancing Announced$0.030
2026-08-29+1dILI.VFinancing Announced$0.020
2026-08-30+2dDMX.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.610
2026-08-30+2dZAU.VFinancing Announced$0.305
2026-08-30+2dAVN.VFinancing Announced$0.455
2026-08-30+2dDELX.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.010
2026-08-31+3dBIG.VFinancing Closed$1.260
2026-08-31+3dSVRS.VFinancing Closed$0.560
2026-08-31+3dWRLG.VFinancing Announced$0.930
2026-08-31+3dMGM.VFinancing Closed$3.020
2026-08-31+3dBOGO.VFinancing Closed$1.045
2026-08-31+3dRYR.VFinancing Announced$0.215
2026-08-31+3dBTR.VFinancing Announced$0.125
2026-08-31+3dADK.VFinancing Announced$0.500
2026-08-31+3dBKM.VCalculated Hold Expiry$2.550
2026-08-31+3dASTR.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.425
2026-08-31+3dNVX.VWarrant Exercise$0.580
2026-08-31+3dROOF.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.190
2026-08-31+3dPTX.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.090

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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.