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The catalyst report · Tuesday, September 1, 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
2
Tickers
2
Median gain
+12.9%
Insiders up
6

Catalysts that paid

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

BIG.VHercules Metals Corp.Financing Closed

Hercules Metals Closes C$4.5 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement Led by Incoming Leadership Team - TMX Newsfile

$1.260 $1.570TSXVmkt cap $490.2M7.1× avg volumeevent 2026-08-31Release
+24.6%
day of +4.8%
next +18.9%
BKM.VPacific Booker Minerals Inc.Calculated Hold Expiry

Calculated hold expiry from: Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. Announces $3 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement - TMX Newsfile

$2.550 $2.580TSXVmkt cap $52.2M0.4× avg volumeevent 2026-08-31Release
+1.2%
day of +3.5%
next -2.3%

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 Closed1+24.6%+24.6%
Calculated Hold Expiry1+1.2%+1.2%

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 69d ago
+113.3%
CGD.VCarlin Gold Corporation

2 insiders bought at an average $0.661last close $1.290

291,400 shares$193k bought7 filingslast buy 6d ago
+95.2%
EBM.VEastwood Bio-Medical Canada Inc.

3 insiders bought at an average $0.980last close $1.890

18,800 shares$18k bought24 filingslast buy 21d ago
+92.9%
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 61d ago
+61.4%
ANK.VAngkor Resources Corp.

2 insiders bought at an average $0.287last close $0.395

47,000 shares$13k bought7 filingslast buy 19d ago
+37.7%
UVC.VIllumisoft Lighting Corp.

2 insiders bought at an average $0.737last close $1.000

82,900 shares$61k bought9 filingslast buy 39d ago
+35.6%

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.

NCF.TO$0.3608.2× avg volume+22.0%
BIG.V$1.5704.4× avg volume+18.9%
MSV.TO$0.6501.3× avg volume+18.2%
MHUB.V$0.7302.9× avg volume+17.7%
GCR.CN$1.0000.7× avg volume+17.6%
CEXY.CN$0.5102.1× avg volume+14.6%
HMR.V$0.6505.0× avg volume+14.0%
SYN.CN$0.410+13.9%

Coming up · next 7 days

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

2026-09-02+1dAGX.VFinancing Announced$0.870
2026-09-02+1dSVE.VPrivate Placement$0.430
2026-09-02+1dAFE.VFinancing Announced$0.170
2026-09-02+1dTSG.VWarrant Exercise$0.200
2026-09-02+1dEQ.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.940
2026-09-02+1dBAU.VFinancing Announced$0.210
2026-09-02+1dNICE.VFinancing Closed$0.500
2026-09-02+1dFTRC.VFinancing Closed$0.140
2026-09-02+1dWIL.VFinancing Announced$0.245
2026-09-02+1dRBZ.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.350
2026-09-02+1dSTRM.VPrivate Placement$0.485
2026-09-02+1dHASH.VPrivate Placement$0.060
2026-09-02+1dDOS.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.030
2026-09-03+2dMAI.VCapital Markets Event$4.330
2026-09-03+2dNICU.VFinancing Announced$2.380
2026-09-03+2dLVG.VFinancing Announced$0.300
2026-09-03+2dHMR.VWarrant Event$0.650
2026-09-03+2dTES.VFinancing Announced$0.100
2026-09-04+3dGRSL.VWarrant Exercise$0.365
2026-09-04+3dTIGR.VWarrant Exercise$0.830

26 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.