Bitfarms Ltd. (NASDAQ/ TSX: BITF), a global vertically integrated
Bitcoin mining company, provides its monthly production report and
update on its fleet upgrade and expansion. All financial references
are in U.S. dollars.
“We continue to make progress on our fleet
upgrades and new facility constructions, having installed over
39,000 new miners and deracked over 39,000 old miners so far this
year. We exited the month with 11.4 EH/s installed, 10.4 EH/s
operational and 25 w/TH efficiency,” said Ben Gagnon, Chief Mining
Officer. “Upgrades at all of our Quebec facilities are now complete
and have significantly expanded our hashrate and improved our
energy efficiency and gross mining margins across our
portfolio.”
“In Paraguay, our Paso Pe facility was energized
with 4 of 5 warehouses and 6 of 8 hydro containers fully
operational, contributing 2.5 EH/s with the remaining 0.6 EH/s to
be energized in July. Severe weather in June, impacting both
logistics and operations, contributed to moderate delays and
temporary underperformance of miners.”
Executing on our strategy to cost-effectively
expand our U.S. operating footprint, Bitfarms entered into a new
agreement to develop a 120 MW site in Sharon, Pennsylvania.
Situated strategically within the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland
Interconnection (PJM), the largest wholesale electricity market in
the U.S., and in a deregulated state, this site offers access to
competitively priced electricity supply with opportunities to
participate in demand response and curtailment programs,
positioning Bitfarms to improve its corporate electricity price.
The site is well suited for high intensity computing beyond Bitcoin
mining, including HPC (high performance computing) and AI
(artificial intelligence) services.
Phillippe Fortier, SVP of Corporate Development,
stated, “We are confident that Sharon’s operations in the PJM grid
will provide long-term access to low-cost U.S. energy and flexible
power trading options in addition to revenue diversification
opportunities. Importantly, PJM’s rapid replacement of coal powered
plants is among the largest contributors to the reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., rendering the opportunity
both environmentally and economically sustainable. Given these
significant advantages, we are actively engaged in assessing
several opportunities to expand our presence within the attractive
PJM region.”
“Leveraging our operational excellence and data
center design expertise, we’re poised to optimize this site and
drive accretive growth,” said Jeff Lucas, Chief Financial Officer.
“This brings our 2025 power capacity target to 648 MW, representing
109% growth from current capacity. With the Sharon site’s ability
to support 8 EH/s, alongside our recent acquisition of an
additional 100 MW in Paraguay, we are initiating 2025 guidance of
over 35 EH/s. As additional opportunities in our pipeline come to
fruition, we will update both our contracted power capacity and our
2025 EH/s target. We remain committed to pursuing similar strategic
ventures aimed at delivering significant value to our
shareholders.”
Mining Review
In June, the Paso Pe 70 MW substation was
successfully energized, making it the Company’s largest active
facility by both hashrate and energy capacity. Shipping delays on
miners into Paraguay have resulted in a temporary delay in
installing 600 PH/s. These miners are now scheduled to be received,
installed and energized in July.
June mining operations generated 189 BTC
compared to 156 BTC in May as a result of increasing corporate
hashrate during the month. Additionally, curtailment in Argentina
and downtime associated with upgrading miners in Quebec reduced
total production which was partially offset by a 0.8% decrease in
network difficulty compared to May.
Key Performance Indicators |
June 2024 |
May 2024 |
June 2023 |
Total BTC earned |
189 |
156 |
385 |
Month End Operating EH/s |
10.4 |
7.5 |
5.3 |
BTC/Avg. EH/s |
25 |
24 |
77 |
Average Operating EH/s |
7.6 |
6.4 |
5.0 |
Operating Capacity (MW) |
310 |
240 |
207 |
Hydropower (MW) |
256 |
186 |
178 |
Watts/Terahash Efficiency (w/TH) |
25 |
27 |
39 |
BTC Sold |
134 |
136 |
346 |
June 2024 Select Operating
Highlights
- 10.4 EH/s
online at June 30, 2024, up 96% Y/Y and 39% M/M.
- 7.6 EH/s
average online, up 19% M/M.
- 24.9
BTC/average EH/s, up 2% from the previous month with the
installation of Bitmain T21 miners.
- 189 BTC
earned, 21% higher M/M and 51% lower Y/Y.
- 6.3 BTC
earned daily on average, equal to ~$384,000 per day based on a BTC
price of $61,000 at June 30, 2024.
- In Québec,
- At Leger,
installed 4,400 for a total of 5,300 Bitmain T21 miners.
- At
Baie-Comeau, completed installation of 1,944 Bitmain T21
miners.
- At
Saint-Hyacinthe, installed 3,744 Bitmain S21 miners, making it the
Company’s most efficient site at 17.5 w/TH.
- In Paraguay,
- At Paso Pe:
- Finished
testing and energized the 70 MW substation.
- Energized 4
of 5 warehouses and 6 of 8 hydro containers.
- At Yguazu,
framing began on the new warehouses.
Bitfarms’ BTC Monthly
Production
Month |
BTC Earned 2024 |
BTC Earned 2023 |
January |
357 |
486 |
February |
300 |
387 |
March |
286 |
424 |
April |
269 |
379 |
May |
156 |
459 |
June |
189 |
385 |
YTD Totals |
1,557 |
2,520 |
June 2024 Financial Update
- Sold 134 of
the 189 BTC earned as part of the Company’s regular treasury
management process for total proceeds of $8.8 million.
- Total
liquidity of $194 million, including $139 million in cash at June
30, 2024.
- 905 BTC in treasury, up from 850
BTC last month and representing $55.2 million based on a BTC price
of $61,000 at June 30, 2024.
- Synthetic
HODL™ of 208 long-dated BTC call options at June 30, 2024.
Upcoming Conferences and
Events
- July 9-13:
Alberta Trade Mission and Stampede, Calgary, Alberta
- July 25-27:
Bitcoin Conference, Nashville, TN
- September
9-11: H.C. Wainwright 26th Annual Global Investment Conference
About Bitfarms Ltd
Founded in 2017, Bitfarms is a global Bitcoin
mining company that contributes its computational power to one or
more mining pools from which it receives payment in Bitcoin.
Bitfarms develops, owns, and operates vertically integrated mining
facilities with in-house management and company-owned electrical
engineering, installation service, and multiple onsite technical
repair centers. The Company’s proprietary data analytics system
delivers best-in-class operational performance and uptime.
Bitfarms currently has 12 operating Bitcoin
mining facilities and two under development situated in four
countries: Canada, the United States, Paraguay, and Argentina.
Powered predominantly by environmentally friendly hydro-electric
and long-term power contracts, Bitfarms is committed to using
sustainable and often underutilized energy infrastructure.
To learn more about Bitfarms’ events,
developments, and online communities:
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Glossary of Terms
- Y/Y or M/M=
year over year or month over month
- BTC or
BTC/day = Bitcoin or Bitcoin per day
- HPC =
High-performance computing
- AI =
Artificial intelligence
- EH or EH/s =
Exahash or exahash per second
- MW or MWh =
Megawatts or megawatt hour
- PH or PH/s =
Petahash or petahash per second
- TH or TH/s =
Terahash or terahash per second
- w/TH =
Watts/Terahash efficiency (includes cost of powering supplementary
equipment
- Synthetic
HODL™ = the use of instruments that create BTC equivalent
exposure
Cautionary Statement
Trading in the securities of the Company should
be considered highly speculative. No stock exchange, securities
commission or other regulatory authority has approved or
disapproved the information contained herein. Neither the Toronto
Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, or any other securities exchange or
regulatory authority accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Forward-Looking Statements
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“forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements”
(collectively, “forward-looking information”) that are based on
expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news
release and are covered by safe harbors under Canadian and United
States securities laws. The statements and information in this
release regarding projected growth, target hashrate, opportunities
relating to the Company’s geographical diversification and
expansion, upgrading and deployment of miners as well as the timing
therefor, improved financial performance and balance sheet
liquidity, other growth opportunities and prospects, and other
statements regarding future growth, plans and objectives of the
Company are forward-looking information. Any statements that
involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations,
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occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may
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forward-looking information.
This forward-looking information is based on
assumptions and estimates of management of the Company at the time
they were made, and involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance,
or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
such forward-looking information. Such factors include, among
others, risks relating to: the construction and operation of new
facilities may not occur as currently planned, or at all; expansion
of existing facilities may not materialize as currently
anticipated, or at all; new miners may not perform up to
expectations; revenue may not increase as currently anticipated, or
at all; the ongoing ability to successfully mine digital currency
is not assured; it may not be possible to profitably liquidate the
current digital currency inventory, or at all; the digital currency
market may not continue to be accepted by users; digital currency
prices are volatile and a decline in digital currency prices may
have a significant negative impact on operations; an increase in
network difficulty may have a significant negative impact on
operations; the anticipated growth and sustainability of
hydroelectricity for the purposes of cryptocurrency mining in the
applicable jurisdictions may not be achieved; the Company may not
be able to maintain reliable and economical sources of power for
the Company to operate its cryptocurrency mining assets; there may
be increases in the Company’s electricity costs and costs of
natural gas, the Company may be impacted by changes in currency
exchange rates, energy curtailment or regulatory changes in the
energy regimes in the jurisdictions in which the Company operates,
which could adversely impact the Company’s profitability; the
Company ability to expand will depend upon the completion of future
financings; and the adoption of new, or changes in existing,
regulations or laws could prevent the Company from operating its
business, or make it more costly to do so. For further information
concerning these and other risks and uncertainties, refer to the
Company’s filings on www.SEDAR.com (which are also available on the
website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at
www.sec.gov), including the Company’s annual information form for
the year-ended December 31, 2023, filed on March 7,2024 and the
MD&A for the three-month period ended March 31, 2024. Although
the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in
forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause
results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can
be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as
actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not
place undue reliance on any forward-looking information. The
Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any
forward-looking information other than as required by law.
Investor Relations
Contacts:
BitfarmsTracy KrummeSVP, Head
of IR & Corp. Comms.+1 786-671-5638tkrumme@bitfarms.com
Innisfree M&A
IncorporatedGabrielle Wolf / Scott Winter+1
212-750-5833
Laurel Hill Advisory
Group1-877-452-7184416-304-0211assistance@laurelhill.com
Media Contacts:
U.S.: Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer KatcherDan
Katcher or Joseph Sala+1 212-355-4449
Québec: TactLouis-Martin
Leclerc+1 418-693-2425lmleclerc@tactconseil.ca
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