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The catalyst report · Thursday, October 29, 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
3
Tickers
3
Median gain
+6.7%
Insiders up
6

Catalysts that paid

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

FAIR.VFairchild Gold Corp.Financing Announced

Fairchild Gold Announces Closing of a Private Placement Financing - TMX Newsfile

$0.035 → $0.040TSXVmkt cap $10.3M4.2× avg volumeevent 2026-10-28Release
+14.3%
day of +0.0%
next +14.3%
LEGY.VLegacy Gold Mines Ltd.Financing Announced

Legacy Gold Announces Non-Brokered Private Placement and Provides Update on 2026 Drill Program at Baner, Idaho - TMX Newsfile

$0.750 → $0.800TSXVmkt cap $72.7M2.5× avg volumeevent 2026-10-28Release
+6.7%
day of +9.3%
next -2.4%
VRR.VVR Resources Ltd.Financing Announced

Novra Announces $1.3 Million Private Placement - TMX Newsfile

$0.385 → $0.400TSXVmkt cap $17.5M0.3× avg volumeevent 2026-10-28Release
+3.9%
day of +0.0%
next +3.9%

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+6.7%+14.3%

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.

BRO.VBarksdale Resources Corp.

Medalist Capital Ltd. bought at an average $0.136 → last close $0.245

651,000 shares$88k bought10% Security Holder of Issuerlast buy 63d ago
+80.4%
GWM.VGalway Metals Inc.

Robert Hinchcliffe bought at an average $0.586 → last close $0.910

220,000 shares$129k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 65d ago
+55.2%
CGD.VCarlin Gold Corporation

2 insiders bought at an average $0.875 → last close $1.260

56,400 shares$49k bought4 filingslast buy 64d ago
+44.0%
CNRI.VCanadian North Resources Inc.

Lee Q. Shim bought at an average $0.180 → last close $0.240

431,000 shares$78k bought10% Security Holder of Issuerlast buy 70d ago
+33.3%
DLTA.VDelta Resources Limited

Ronald Kopas bought at an average $0.176 → last close $0.190

100,000 shares$18k boughtDirector of Issuerlast buy 85d ago
+8.0%
JAY.VBlue Jay Gold Corp.

2 insiders bought at an average $0.741 → last close $0.780

62,000 shares$46k bought4 filingslast buy 64d ago
+5.3%

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.

BHC.TO$12.4105.5× avg volume+28.3%
TAO.V$0.0500.8× avg volume+25.0%
V.V$0.3300.4× avg volume+22.2%
LUC.TO$0.1300.4× avg volume+18.2%
PAIN.V$1.9502.9× avg volume+16.8%
APXC.CN$1.3301.5× avg volume+14.7%
BPC.CN$0.3203.8× avg volume+14.3%
CGMD.TO$7.1001.1× avg volume+11.6%

Coming up · next 7 days

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

2026-10-30+1dCUU.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.590
2026-10-30+1dNEXG.VCalculated Hold Expiry$1.230
2026-10-30+1dAGX.VFinancing Announced$0.670
2026-10-30+1dBUFF.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.660
2026-10-30+1dLIO.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.140
2026-10-30+1dPHNM.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.320
2026-10-30+1dWHY.VFinancing Announced$0.270
2026-10-30+1dPEI.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.030
2026-10-30+1dELEC.VWarrant Exercise$0.105
2026-10-30+1dNOVA.VFinancing Announced$0.120
2026-10-30+1dDELX.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.010
2026-10-31+2dOGW.VCalculated Hold Expiry$1.200
2026-10-31+2dNRX.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.500
2026-10-31+2dQGR.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.190
2026-10-31+2dNVX.VCalculated Hold Expiry$1.000
2026-10-31+2dMEK.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.040
2026-10-31+2dPVIS.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.250
2026-10-31+2dCTN.VCalculated Hold Expiry$0.045
2026-11-02+4dSGML.VFinancing Announced$10.660
2026-11-02+4dLEGY.VFinancing Announced$0.800

29 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.