Bitfarms Ltd. (NASDAQ: BITF // TSX: BITF), a global Bitcoin
self-mining company, provided a Bitcoin (BTC) production and mining
operations update for July 2022.
“In July we completed The Bunker Phase 2,
reached full production at Leger, and added new production in
Washington state, increasing total capacity by 21% to 166 megawatts
(MW),” said Ben Gagnon, Chief Mining Officer of Bitfarms. “We
partially offset new miner installations at this location with
miner redeployments resulting in growth in our hashrate to 3.8
exahash (EH/s), up 6% from 3.6 EH/s at the beginning of July.
Unseasonably high temperatures in Québec and Washington state late
in the month also slightly lowered miner productivity and affected
our corporate hashrate. With cooler temperatures and the completion
of remaining miner redeployments, as well as the installation of
new miners, we expect our hashrate will exceed our 4 EH/s target in
August.”
“Production came in strong and averaged 16.1
BTC/day for the month, up 15% from 14 BTC/day in June. Momentum
continued to build throughout the month, with our production run
rate hitting 17 BTC/day by month end, up 16% from 14.6 BTC/day at
the beginning of July and a record high since the last halving
event,” added Gagnon.
“We made significant progress on construction of
the two 50 MW warehouses and associated infrastructure in Rio
Cuarto, Argentina,” said Geoff Morphy, President and COO of
Bitfarms. “The high voltage electrical supply lines are almost
complete. The installation of racking, miners, servers, and data
cabling in the first warehouse is expected to commence in late
September, and production from the first 50 MW warehouse continues
to be expected in the fourth quarter of 2022.”
Mining Production
- 3.8 EH/s
online as of July 31, 2022, 270% from July 2021 and 6% from June
30, 2022.
- 500 new BTC
mined during July 2022, up 28% from July 2021, and up 19% from June
2022.
- 16.1 BTC
mined daily on average in July, equivalent to about US$384,279 per
day and approximately US$12 million for the month based on a BTC
price of US$23,900 on July 31, 2022.
- 2,021 BTC in
custody on July 31, 2022, representing a total value of
approximately US$48 million based on a BTC price of US$23,900. BTC
held in custody on July 31, 2022, reflects the sale of 1,623 BTC
during July 2022.
Mining Operations
- Increased total capacity to 166 MW,
up 21% from 137 MW on June 30, 2022.
- The Bunker Phase 2 added 18
MW.
- Leger reaching full production
added 8 MW.
- Washington state new production
contributed 3 MW.
- Construction
continued on the two 50 MW warehouses in Rio Cuarto, Argentina. The
framing and exterior of the first building is nearing completion as
are the foundational supports for the transformers. The high
voltage electrical supply lines are almost complete.
- Increased
operational miners at the Bunker to over 9,100 miners and growing.
The Bunker is currently producing 850 PH/s.
Bitfarms’ BTC 2022 Monthly
Production
Month |
BTC |
January |
301 |
February |
298 |
March |
363 |
April |
405 |
May |
431 |
June |
420 |
July |
500 |
Financing Activities
In July, Bitfarms completed financing activities
that further reduced overall debt and increased liquidity and
financial flexibility. During the month, the Company utilized a
portion of the proceeds received from the sale of BTC mined and in
treasury to reduce the outstanding balance of its BTC-backed loan
facility by $15 million. As of July 31, the loan balance of its
BTC-backed facility was US$23 million.
About Bitfarms Ltd.
Founded in 2017, Bitfarms is a global Bitcoin
self-mining company, running vertically integrated mining
operations with onsite technical repair, proprietary data analytics
and Company-owned electrical engineering and installation services
to deliver high operational performance and uptime.
Having demonstrated rapid growth and stellar
operations, Bitfarms became the first Bitcoin mining company to
complete its long form prospectus with the Ontario Securities
Commission and started trading on the TSX-V in July 2019. On
February 24, 2021, Bitfarms was honoured to be announced as a
Rising Star by the TSX-V. On June 21, 2021, Bitfarms started
trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market. On February 24, 2022, the
Company was further honoured by the TSX-V as Venture 50 Winner,
placing first in the Technology sector. On April 8, 2022, Bitfarms
up-listed from the TSX-V to the TSX.
Operationally, Bitfarms has a diversified
production platform with seven industrial scale facilities located
in Québec, one in Washington state, and one in Paraguay. Each
facility is over 99% powered with environmentally friendly hydro
power and secured with long-term power contracts. Bitfarms is
currently the only publicly traded pure-play mining company audited
by a Big Four accounting firm.
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Bunker and in Argentina, expectations for monthly growth, targets,
and goals for productive capacity and hashrates and other future
plans and objectives of the Company are forward-looking
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limited to, information concerning: the intentions, plans and
future actions of the Company, as well as Bitfarms’ ability to
successfully mine digital currency, revenue increasing as currently
anticipated, the ability to profitably liquidate current and future
digital currency inventory, volatility of network difficulty and
digital currency prices and the potential resulting significant
negative impact on the Company’s operations, the construction and
operation of expanded blockchain infrastructure as currently
planned, and the regulatory environment for cryptocurrency in the
applicable jurisdictions.
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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 global economic climate; dilution;
the Company’s limited operating history; future capital needs and
uncertainty of additional financing, including the Company’s
ability to utilize the Company’s at-the-market offering (the “ATM
Program”) and the prices at which the Company may sell Common
Shares in the ATM Program, as well as capital market conditions in
general; risks relating to the strategy of maintaining and
increasing Bitcoin holdings and the impact of depreciating Bitcoin
prices on working capital; the competitive nature of the industry;
currency exchange risks; the need for the Company to manage its
planned growth and expansion; the effects of product development
and need for continued technology change; the ability to maintain
reliable and economical sources of power to run its cryptocurrency
mining assets; the impact of energy curtailment or regulatory
changes in the energy regimes in the jurisdictions in which the
Company operates; protection of proprietary rights; the effect of
government regulation and compliance on the Company and the
industry; network security risks; the ability of the Company to
maintain properly working systems; reliance on key personnel;
global economic and financial market deterioration impeding access
to capital or increasing the cost of capital; share dilution
resulting from the ATM Program and from other equity issuances; and
volatile securities markets impacting security pricing unrelated to
operating performance. In addition, particular factors that could
impact future results of the business of Bitfarms include, but are
not limited to: the construction and operation of facilities may
not occur as currently planned, or at all; expansion may not
materialize as currently anticipated, or at all; the digital
currency market; the ability to successfully mine digital currency;
revenue may not increase as currently anticipated, or at all; it
may not be possible to profitably liquidate the current digital
currency inventory, or at all; 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 volatility of digital currency prices; the
anticipated growth and sustainability of hydroelectricity for the
purposes of cryptocurrency mining in the applicable jurisdictions;
the inability to maintain reliable and economical sources of power
for the Company to operate cryptocurrency mining assets; the risks
of an increase in the Company’s electricity costs, cost of natural
gas, changes in currency exchange rates, energy curtailment or
regulatory changes in the energy regimes in the jurisdictions in
which the Company operates and the adverse impact on the Company’s
profitability; the ability to complete current and future
financings, any regulations or laws that will prevent Bitfarms from
operating its business; historical prices of digital currencies and
the ability to mine digital currencies that will be consistent with
historical prices; an inability to predict and counteract the
effects of COVID-19 on the business of the Company, including but
not limited to the effects of COVID-19 on the price of digital
currencies, capital market conditions, restriction on labour and
international travel and supply chains; and, the adoption or
expansion of any regulation or law that will prevent Bitfarms 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 annual
information form for the year-ended December 31, 2021, filed on
March 28, 2022. The Company has also assumed that no significant
events occur outside of Bitfarms’ normal course of business.
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.
Contacts:
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