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The catalyst report · Wednesday, September 30, 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
5
Median gain
+5.4%
Insiders up
6

Catalysts that paid

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

CTV.VCleanTech Vanadium Mining Corp.Financing Announced

CleanTech Announces Closing of Third and Final Tranche of Private Placement - newsfilecorp.com

$0.100 → $0.115TSXVmkt cap $20.2M2.9× avg volumeevent 2026-09-29Release
+15.0%
day of +5.0%
next +9.5%
SPAR.VSpartacus Metals Inc.Financing Closed

Spartacus Metals Closes $831,000 Private Placement and Announces Board Changes - TMX Newsfile

$0.210 → $0.240TSXVmkt cap $1.7M0.6× avg volumeevent 2026-09-29Release
+14.3%
day of +19.0%
next -4.0%
PVIS.VParvis Invest Inc.Calculated Hold Expiry

Calculated hold expiry from: Parvis Announces Concurrent Financing of up to $3 Million to Support North American Expansion Strategy - TMX Newsfile

$0.280 → $0.295TSXVmkt cap $11.2M1.0× avg volumeevent 2026-09-29Release
+5.4%
day of -10.7%
next +18.0%
MRVL.VMarvel Biosciences Corp.Financing Announced

Marvel Biosciences Announces Closing of Private Placement For Up To $3.0 Million - newsfilecorp.com

$0.150 → $0.155TSXVmkt cap $9.1M2.1× avg volumeevent 2026-09-29Release
+3.3%
day of +3.3%
next +0.0%
WIL.VWilton Resources Inc.Financing Announced

Wilton Resources Inc. Announces Closing of the Second Tranche of Private Placement - newsfilecorp.com

$0.225 → $0.230TSXVmkt cap $20.2M1.0× avg volumeevent 2026-09-29Release
+2.2%
day of -2.2%
next +4.5%

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+3.3%+15.0%
Financing Closed1+14.3%+14.3%
Calculated Hold Expiry1+5.4%+5.4%

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 $0.661 → last close $1.520

291,400 shares$193k bought7 filingslast buy 35d ago
+130.0%
BRO.VBarksdale Resources Corp.

Medalist Capital Ltd. bought at an average $0.136 → last close $0.270

651,000 shares$88k bought10% Security Holder of Issuerlast buy 34d ago
+98.8%
EBM.VEastwood Bio-Medical Canada Inc.

3 insiders bought at an average $0.986 → last close $1.900

14,400 shares$14k bought17 filingslast buy 50d ago
+92.7%
GWM.VGalway Metals Inc.

Robert Hinchcliffe bought at an average $0.547 → last close $1.000

328,500 shares$180k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 36d ago
+82.8%
ANK.VAngkor Resources Corp.

2 insiders bought at an average $0.287 → last close $0.450

47,000 shares$13k bought7 filingslast buy 48d ago
+56.8%
UVC.VIllumisoft Lighting Corp.

2 insiders bought at an average $0.742 → last close $1.130

72,700 shares$54k bought7 filingslast buy 68d ago
+52.2%

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.

AFN.TO$7.9004.0× avg volume+27.6%
KNOX.V$0.1900.4× avg volume+22.6%
PYR.TO$0.3003.5× avg volume+22.4%
SVA.TO$0.1103.0× avg volume+22.2%
BETR.CN$0.3450.2× avg volume+21.1%
WBGD.CN$0.5001.2× avg volume+19.0%
BRU.CN$0.9500.7× avg volume+18.7%
PONY.CN$0.2451.0× 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.

2026-10-01+1dAGX.VFinancing Announced$0.860
2026-10-01+1dSALT.VCalculated Hold Expiry$1.450
2026-10-01+1dGRSL.VCapital Markets Event$0.295
2026-10-01+1dSVE.VFinancing Closed$0.465
2026-10-01+1dDGC.VFinancing Closed$0.245
2026-10-01+1dTORQ.VWarrant Exercise$0.060
2026-10-02+2dREVX.VCalculated Hold Expiry$1.950
2026-10-02+2dVMXX.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.590
2026-10-02+2dFUU.VShares For Debt$0.120
2026-10-02+2dKDK.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.680
2026-10-02+2dNRX.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.640
2026-10-02+2dLVG.VFinancing Announced$0.345
2026-10-02+2dGBU.VWarrant Exercise$0.120
2026-10-02+2dPMI.VFinancing Closed$0.690
2026-10-02+2dVLD.VFinancing Closed$0.420
2026-10-02+2dWCU.VFinancing Announced$0.130
2026-10-03+3dTTS.VCalculated Hold Expiry$2.640
2026-10-03+3dKDK.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.680
2026-10-03+3dGSP.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.150
2026-10-03+3dCCMM.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.475

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.