Top 5 Junior Gold Mining Stocks on the TSXV in 2026
Junior gold stocks are seeing heightened interest in 2026 despite volatility in the gold price, which reached a new record high of nearly US$5,600 per ounce during the first quarter.
The gold price may have fallen to the US$4,000 level in the second quarter, but plenty of upside potential remains in the precious metals market.
Below the Investing News Network profiles the five Canadian gold companies on the TSXV that are the best performers of 2026 so far by year-to-date share price gains.
Data for this article was retrieved on June 26, 2026, using TradingView’s stock screener, and only companies with market capitalizations greater than C$10 million at that time are included.
Year-to-date gain: 470 percent
Market cap: C$41.96 million
Share price: C$0.57
EDM is an exploration and development company focused on the restart of open-pit operations at its Scotia mine located near Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Underground mining for zinc and lead from the site’s Gays River deposit began in 1979, and open-pit mining occurred from 2007 to 2009 before it was put on high level care and maintenance. The site also hosts a mill and other significant mining infrastructure.
EDM is now assessing Scotia’s potential to add gold production after assays of lead concentrate produced in 2009 returned composite gold grades of 142 grams per metric ton (g/t) last September.
In February, the company launched a two-phase gold exploration program to identify whether the source of the gold mineralization is in the current zinc-lead-gypsum deposit or if it represents a separate target.
EDM President and CEO Mark commented, “With final permitting progressing and gold exploration now underway, EDM is entering a pivotal phase. Our objective is straightforward: advance the Scotia Mine toward restart while evaluating the potential for additional value through gold mineralization.”
Shares of EDM Resources began the year trading at C$0.13 and by the end of the first quarter had risen to C$0.24 per share.
In early April, the company provided an update on the project as it works toward completion of an updated mineral resource estimate and the start of a proposed updated pre-feasibility study (PFS).
EDM’s share price reached a year-to-date high of C$0.61 per share on June 17.
In late June, EDM secured C$1.5 million via warrants exercised by directors, insiders and major shareholders, with the value of all outstanding warrants representing a combined C$3.2 million of potential funding. Proceeds from warrant exercising will be used in part for activities at the Scotia mine, PFS work and gold exploration.
Year-to-date gain: 424.29 percent
Market cap: C$198.96 million
Share price: C$1.52
Auro Metals, previously named Tincorp Metals, is focused on exploration at its new, wholly owned Santa Barbara gold-copper project in the Zamora copper-gold belt of Southeast Ecuador.
Santa Barbara hosts a large-scale porphyry system with an indicated resource of 29.8 million metric tons of ore grading 0.73 g/t gold and 0.1 percent copper, and an inferred resource of 205.7 million metric tons grading 0.52 g/t gold and 0.09 percent copper.
The company closed its acquisition of project owner Santa Barbara Metals from Silvercorp Metals (TSX:SVM,NYSEAMERICAN:SVM) on May 13, and changed its name and ticker the following month to reflect the new focus.
A May 19 update detailed Auro’s ongoing Phase 1 drill program at the site, which will include 10,000 meters of drilling. Phase 1’s aims to confirm historical results, increase the company’s understanding of the project’s metallurgy and inform a future mineral resource upgrade. During Phase 2, the company plans to step out and test targets at depth.
Shares of the company were trading at C$0.34 at the top of the year, and by May 20 the stock had reached a value of C$1.20.
The next month, news of a massive 705.7 meter interval of continuous mineralization, starting at surface and ending in mineralization, drove the company’s shares hit their highest value year-to-date at C$1.53 per share on June 23.
On June 22, Auro shared assay results for three holes, one of which encountered the 705.7 meter interval, which graded an average of 0.61 g/t gold and 0.1 percent copper. The first 235 meters of the core graded 0.97 g/t gold and 0.11 percent copper.
3. San Lorenzo Gold (TSXV:SLG)
Year-to-date gain: 415.29 percent
Market cap: C$413.66 million
Share price: C$4.38
San Lorenzo Gold is an exploration company working to advance its Salvadora project in the Chañaral province of Chile. The property covers an area of over 9,000 hectares, and hosts a large copper and gold porphyry system with several significant targets, including Cerro Blanco and Arco de Oro.
According to the project page, the site geology resembles that of the nearby Codelco-owned Salvador copper mine, which has operated since the early 1950s and is expected to continue until the mid-2060s following an expansion.
San Lorenzo finished 2025 as the year’s top performing TSXV gold stock after gaining over 1,000 percent from its open of C$0.08, spurred by discoveries at the Cerro Blanco target. The gold stock has continued its upward trajectory in 2026.
Shares of San Lorenzo were boosted to C$2.11 January 26, the day the company announced that one drill hole at Cerro Blanco intersected five sections of mineralization combining for over 222.4 meters. By the end of Q1, the stock’s value had climbed to C$3.29 per share.
On May 8, the company shared assay results for two step-out holes drilled in the NW extension of the Arco de Oro trend. Partial results for one of the holes showed it intersected 102.3 meters grading 1.33 g/t gold from 152.8 meters downhole.
“These holes indicate the presence of a much larger system within the Arco de Oro trend than earlier thought,” Terence Walker, vice president of exploration, said. “It would appear that we are penetrating the upper layers of a gold-rich mineralized porphyry copper-gold system which warrants immediate follow-up drilling to further delineate the intrusive complex that hosts the system discovered in SAL 09 and SAL 10-25.”
By May 26, shares of San Lorenzo reached their year-to-date peak at C$5.93 per share.
On June 4, San Lorenzo shared the full results from the 574 meter step-out hole. Further down the hole, it intersected 52.6 meters at 1.67 g/t gold from 310.4 meters depth and 48 meters of 0.91 g/t gold from 397 meters. The hole ended in mineralization that was part of a 65 meter interval grading 0.81 g/t gold.
Year-to-date gain: 280 percent
Market cap: C$258.99 million
Share price: C$0.475
Galantas Gold is focused on achieving near-term production at its projects in Chile after pivoting from its previous focus on assets North Ireland.
The company is currently advancing two recently acquired assets: the Indiana gold-copper past-producing mine and the Andacollo gold brownfield project in Chile, which it acquired in December 2025 and late June of this year, respectively.
On May 4, the company released a pit-constrained updated mineral resource estimate for the Andacollo project, reporting an indicated mineral resource of 1.47 million ounces of gold within 102.4 million metric tons grading 0.45 g/t gold, and an inferred resource of 4.54 million ounces from 347.9 million metric tons at 0.41 g/t gold.
After starting the year trading at C$0.15, shares of Galantas rose to hit a year-to-date high of C$0.61 per share on May 7.
On May 28, Galantas completed a C$100 million private placement, including investments of about C$20 million from Eric Sprott and C$8 million from Ocean Partners. The funding will help accelerate exploration and development activities on its properties. According to the CEO, the company is aiming to achieve production early next year.
Year-to-date gain: 150 percent
Market cap: C$38.64 million
Share price: C$0.25
Xali Gold is developing its advanced-stage Pico Machay gold project in Peru.
The property hosts a high-sulfidation gold deposit with a historic measured and indicated resource of 264,000 ounces of gold from 10.6 million metric tons of ore. The company’s property portfolio also includes two royalty agreements linked to potential production from the El Oro gold-silver project in Mexico.
Xali closed its acquisition of Pico Machay from Pan American Silver (TSX:PAAS,NYSE:PAAS) late last year, with plans to advance the project to near-term production. The community of Santa Ana and Xali Gold reached an agreement in late February that will allow Xali to advance activities at the site.
After starting the year trading at C$0.10 per share, Xali Gold’s stock value had spiked to C$0.28 by March 3 and continued upward to a year-to-date high of C$0.33 on March 11.
Throughout the second quarter, the company’s positive news flow has helped support its share price at around the C$0.25 level.
Xali completed baseline studies at Pico Machay in late May to support its drilling permit application, then completed an initial underground and surface sampling program in early June. Later that month, Xali announced it closed on a C$1 million private placement on June 24.
On June 25, the company released its first assays from its channel and rock chip sampling. Highlights included 2.22 g/t gold over 45.1 meters, including 4.17 g/t gold over 20 meters, from underground channel 1, as well as 1.49 g/t gold over 41.1 meters, including 3.44 g/t gold over 8 meters, from underground channel 3 NS.
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Securities Disclosure: I, Melissa Pistilli, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.
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