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    Top 5 Canadian Mining Stocks This Week: StrategX Jumps 64 Percent on Fundraising

    Dean Belder
    Aug. 22, 2025 02:00PM PST

    Explore the week's best-performing Canadian mining stocks on the TSX, TSXV and CSE, and dive into the Canadian and US news affecting commodities prices and stock markets.

    Glowing battery with text: "5 Top Canadian Mining Stocks This Week."

    Welcome to the Investing News Network's weekly look at the best-performing Canadian mining stocks on the TSX, TSXV and CSE, starting with a round-up of Canadian and US news impacting the resource sector.

    Statistics Canada released July’s consumer price index (CPI) data on Tuesday (August 19). The figures show that inflation decelerated that month, posting a 1.7 percent year-on-year gain, down from the 1.9 percent recorded in June.

    The most significant contributor to the fall was a 16.1 percent decline in gasoline prices from the same period last year.


    Excluding the lower costs at the pumps, CPI remained steady at 2.5 percent, the same increase as May and June.

    The national reporting agency released June’s mineral production survey on Wednesday (August 20).

    The data indicates that production and shipments increased across the board, with copper production rising to 39.17 million kilograms, gold rising to 16,935 kilograms and silver increasing to 29,081 kilograms.

    For shipments, copper increased to 45.96 million kilograms from 34.38 million kilograms, gold shipments rose to 18,554 kilograms from 16,725 kilograms, and silver jumped to 31,391 kilograms from 27,614 kilograms.

    On Thursday (August 21), Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had a phone call with US President Donald Trump. Although the prime minister's office has provided few details, the two leaders reportedly had a “productive and wide-ranging conversation” about the current trade dispute, as well as economic and security relations.

    Carney and Trump are expected to speak again soon.

    South of the border, US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gave his speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on Friday (August 22). In his remarks, he said that the Fed's dual mandate goal is in balance, with the labor market remaining near maximum employment, while inflation has eased from post-pandemic highs.

    However, he also said that “a shifting balance of risks may warrant adjusting our policy stance,” hinting at a near-term cut to the Fed’s benchmark interest rate. Expectations are high for a 25 basis point cut in September.

    Markets and commodities react

    Canadian equity markets were positive this week. The S&P/TSX Composite Index (INDEXTSI:OSPTX) was in record territory, closing the week up 1.44 percent to set at another all-time high of 28,333.13. The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index (INDEXTSI:JX) did even better, climbing 2.45 percent to finish Friday at 803.61. The CSE Composite Index (CSE:CSECOMP) slumped mid-week, but recovered on Friday to post a slight gain of 0.48 percent to 158.82.

    US equity markets were mixed this week, but strong gains on Friday following Powell’s comments kept them in record-high territory. The S&P 500 (INDEXSP:INX) was up 1.52 percent on Friday, but down by 0.16 percent over the past five days to 6,466.92, while the Nasdaq 100 (INDEXNASDAQ:NDX) rose 1.51 percent on Friday, but sank 1.33 percent on the week to 23,497.83 on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) was the sole weekly gainer, rising 1.89 percent on Friday and 1.04 percent on the week to post a new record high of 45,631.73.

    The gold price was largely flat this week, but also surged on Friday after Powell hinted at a near-term rate cut, rising 1.11 percent on the week to hit US$3,373.21 per ounce by 4:00 p.m. EDT on Friday.

    Silver saw similar movements, but ended the week with a larger gain of 2.62 percent to US$38.90 per ounce.

    Copper saw little change again this week, posting a 0.22 percent decrease to US$4.52 per pound. The S&P GSCI (INDEXSP:SPGSCI) commodities index posted an increase of 1.92 percent by close on Friday, finishing at 545.11.

    Top Canadian mining stocks this week

    How did mining stocks perform against this backdrop?

    Take a look at this week’s five best-performing Canadian mining stocks below.

    Stocks data for this article was retrieved at 4:00 p.m. EDT on Friday using TradingView's stock screener. Only companies trading on the TSX, TSXV and CSE with market caps greater than C$10 million are included. Mineral companies within the non-energy minerals, energy minerals, process industry and producer manufacturing sectors were considered.

    1. StrategX Elements (CSE:STGX)

    Weekly gain: 63.64 percent
    Market cap: C$11.57 million
    Share price: C$0.18

    StrategX Elements is advancing a portfolio of projects in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada.

    Its most recent focus has been its Nagvaak project in Nunavut, which hosts a 6 kilometer mineralized zone with deposits of nickel, vanadium, cobalt, copper, silver and platinum-group metals.

    On March 3, the company discovered a wide zone of high-grade graphite mineralization at Nagvaak, with one assay returning an average of 15 percent graphitic carbon over 32 meters, including an intersection of 22 percent graphitic carbon over 17 meters. StrategX said the hole also returned encouraging concentrations of other minerals, including nickel, copper and silver, supporting potential for a multi-mineral system.

    The most recent news from the project came on July 30, when the company announced it was in the process of mobilizing for a 2025 drill program intended to delineate and validate the discoveries.

    On Tuesday, the company completed a non-brokered private placement for 3.71 million shares, raising gross proceeds of C$296,960. It announced the placement on August 7 and said the funds would be used for general working capital.

    2. Max Resource (TSXV:MAX)

    Weekly gain: 62.5 percent
    Market cap: C$12.59 million
    Share price: C$0.065

    Max Resource is an explorer working to advance a portfolio of projects in Colombia.

    The company's Sierra Azul property is a district-scale copper and silver project consisting of 20 mining concessions covering an area of 188 square kilometers in Northeastern Colombia.

    The asset is covered by a May 2024 earn-in agreement with Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX), in which Freeport can receive up to an 80 percent stake by funding of C$50 million over 10 years. The site hosts multiple target areas with high-grade copper and silver mineralization, including a 20 kilometer red-bed-style copper system at the AM district.

    Max also owns the Florália hematite direct-shipping ore iron project, located in the Minas Gerais region. The company completed the acquisition of the property in October 2024 from Jaguar Mining (TSX:JAG,OTCQX:JAGGF) for total cash consideration of US$1 million and 4 million performance share units, contingent upon reaching certain milestones. The site hosts hematite deposits with grades of over 60 percent iron. Max intends to use a direct-shipping ore process to mine, crush and screen the ore before exporting the material directly to steel mills.

    The company’s most recent announcement came this past Tuesday, when it secured the right to acquire the Mora title, which lies adjacent to Aris Mining's (TSX:ARIS,NYSEAMERICAN:ARMN) Marmato mine. The property hosts 40 historic workings with five active mines, with reserves with grades of 3.2 grams per metric ton (g/t) gold from 31.3 million metric tons and a resource of 9 million ounces of gold grading 3 g/t from 61.5 million metric tons.

    3. Maple Gold Mines (TSXV:MGM)

    Weekly gain: 50 percent
    Market cap: C$45.6 million
    Share price: C$0.105

    Maple Gold Mines is a gold exploration company focused on the advancement of its Douay and Joutel projects, located in the Abitibi greenstone belt in Québec, Canada.

    The Douay project covers an area of 357 square kilometers. In a 2022 technical report, the company said the site hosts an indicated resource of 511,000 ounces of gold from 10 million metric tons with an average grade of 1.59 g/t gold; it has an additional inferred resource of 2.53 million ounces from 76.7 million metric tons at 1.02 g/t.

    Joutel is located directly south of Douay. The company announced on May 5 that it had staked an additional 128 mining claims, bringing the total land area at the property to 111 square kilometers from the original 39. The site hosts Agnico Eagle Mines' (TSX:AEM,NYSE:AEM) past-producing Eagle-Telbel gold mine, which operated from 1974 to 1993. To date, the company has used 250,000 meters of historic drill results to create 3D models to aid in current exploration efforts.

    The most recent news from Maple came on Wednesday, when it announced a C$5 million non-brokered private placement led by strategic investor Michael Gentile. Additionally, the company reported that Agnico Eagle has indicated it intends to participate in the offering to maintain its pro rata ownership interest in Maple Gold.

    The release also states that Marc Legault and Chris Adams have been appointed to the board of directors.

    4. Capitan Silver (TSXV:CAPT)

    Weekly gain: 40.45 percent
    Market cap: C$113.2 million
    Share price: C$1.25

    Capitan Silver is an explorer focused on advancing silver and gold projects in Durango, Mexico.

    The company’s flagship asset is the 100 percent owned Cruz de Plata project in the heart of Mexico’s historic Penoles Mining District. The region is known for hosting significant silver mineralization and historic mining.

    The Cruz de Plata project encompasses two historic silver mines — Jesus Maria and San Rafael — and the El Capitan oxide gold prospect, all within a 22.9 square kilometer land package.

    To date, the company has completed 86 diamond drill holes totaling over 11,550 meters.

    A 2020 technical report demonstrates an inferred resource of 16.99 million ounces of contained silver and 331,000 ounces of contained gold from 28.3 million metric tons of ore with grades of 18.7 g/t silver and 0.36 g/t gold.

    The most recent news from Capitan came on Friday, when it announced it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire a strategic land package at its Cruz de Plata property from Fresnillo (LSE:FRES,OTC Pink:FNLPF) for total cash consideration of US$4 million. The transaction was initially announced in June.

    The new parcel consists of seven mineral concessions covering 2,171.4 hectares. It increases Capitan's total holdings in the area by 85 percent and the surface expression of the silver and gold trend by 1.2 kilometers to the east.

    5. District Metals (TSXV:DMX)

    Weekly gain: 36.9 percent
    Market cap: C$163.98 million
    Share price: C$1.15

    District Metals is a uranium exploration company focused on advancing a portfolio of assets in Sweden.

    Its flagship Viken property covers an area of 38,657 hectares in Jämtland County, and in addition to uranium hosts mineral deposits of vanadium, molybdenum, nickel, copper and zinc.

    On June 13, District filed a technical report for the project’s updated resource estimate. It shows an indicated resource of 176 million pounds of U3O8 from 456 million metric tons of ore with a grade of 175 parts per million (ppm) U3O8 and an inferred resource of 1.54 billion pounds of U3O8 from 4.3 billion metric tons with a grade of 161 ppm.

    The company has also been advancing its Tomtebo-Stollberg zinc project in South-Central Sweden. The project is part of an October 2023 definitive agreement in which Boliden (STO:BOL) can earn an 85 percent interest in the property by spending C$10 million over four years and District can earn a 15 percent stake in Boliden’s Stollberg property.

    Tomtebo covers an area of 5,144 hectares and hosts the historic Tomtebo and Lovas mines, while Stollberg covers an area of 5,180 hectares and is located near Boliden’s Garpengerg mine.

    The most recent update from Tomtebo came on July 29, when District released assays from a five hole, 2,485 meter drill program conducted between February and April. One highlighted drill hole recorded multiple zones of silver and base metals mineralization, including 88 g/t silver, 3 percent zinc and 1.9 percent lead over 7.85 meters.

    The company has not released any news since.

    Don't forget to follow us @INN_Resource for real-time updates!

    Securities Disclosure: I, Dean Belder, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.

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    Dean has been writing in one form or another since penning stage plays in his youth. He is a graduate of both Emily Carr University and Simon Fraser University, with a BFA in photography and a BA in communications.

    As a writer, Dean has traveled throughout BC and the Pacific Northwest covering cultural events, interviewing small business owners and working alongside fellow writers and photographers from publications like Rolling Stone Magazine, Spin and the Georgia Straight.

    Dean has a keen interest in investing, and enjoys learning about the mining industry and better understanding the technical aspects of trading. In his spare time, Dean is an avid home chef, ponders the space-time continuum and makes his own cider. On weekends he can be found cycling the Seawall, exploring farmers markets or sampling the city’s local craft breweries.

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