Bitfarms Ltd (BITF)

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Bitfarms Announces Installed Hashrate of 1.2 EH/s and Provides Corporate Updates
TORONTO and BROSSARD, Québec, March 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bitfarms Ltd. (“Bitfarms”, or the “Company”) (TSXV:BITF // OTC:BFARF), one of the largest, oldest and most cost-effective public Bitcoin mining operations in the world, today announces the successful installation and operation of its previously announced order of 4,500 MicroBT M31S+ miners, bringing the Company’s current installed hashrate to 1.2 EH/s. This 24% growth rate in a single quarter eclipses our entire 2020 growth and marks a tremendous start to 2021 for Bitfarms and our shareholders as we work to grow to 3 EH/s by the end of this fiscal year.

New Hosting Agreement

In addition to purchasing new miners, the Company has entered into a hosting agreement with Blockware Solutions and Blockware Mining in the United States. Pursuant to the agreement, Bitfarms is sending older-gen and mid-gen hardware for hosting at one of their American facilities. The hosting is being accomplished in a flexible and low-cost profit-sharing agreement powered by 100% renewable hydro energy.

This hosting agreement has enabled the Company to extend the profitability and useful lifespan of up to 250 PH/s of older and mid-generation Bitcoin Mining Equipment. This frees up its Quebec infrastructure for more efficient and profitable mining equipment. To date over 2,000 Bitmain S9, S15 and T15 mining rigs have been successfully installed at Blockware Solutions’ facility and are generating BTC. Through this upgrade process, these miners have all been replaced with new MicroBT miners that operate an average of approximately 4x more hashrate per miner located in our Quebec facilities.

The remaining equipment under this upgrade program will be deployed through Q2 and Q3 of this year. This novel agreement also enables Bitfarms to opportunistically sell older equipment out of the hosting agreement through Blockware’s broker business. This unique hosting arrangement enables Bitfarms to get the most possible value out of its used equipment while providing tremendous flexibility and increased hashrate with negligible cash expenditures.

Bitcoin Inventory Pilot Program

Since starting its Bitcoin Inventory Pilot Program in early January, the price of Bitcoin has nearly doubled from US$30,000 to a recent all-time high of over US$60,000. Through this Bitcoin Inventory Pilot Program, Bitfarms has been able for the first time to accrue those gains for the benefit of our shareholders. As a Company, we are excited to continue this program.

Bitfarms is currently adding approximately 8 Bitcoins a day to the inventory and has to date mined and safely deposited in custody 489 Bitcoin and is currently valued at over US$27M as of March 23, 2021 with BTC at US$55,500.

In the Fourth Quarter of 2020 - Bitfarms mined 577 BTC.
In January 2021 – Bitfarms mined 197 BTC.
In February 2021 – Bitfarms mined 180 BTC.
“The growth in Bitcoin value since January clearly shows the strategic importance of holding Bitcoin and the tremendous opportunity to generate strong value for our shareholders. Bitfarms is excited to continue our Bitcoin program. With over 500 Bitcoin mined in the first quarter alone, we are excited to be able to deliver one of the fastest growing Bitcoin production rates in North America and with some of the lowest costs of production,” said Emiliano Grodzki, Bitfarms’ Chief Executive Officer.

New Miner Purchases

The Company has recently completed two purchases of new-generation mining equipment manufactured by both MicroBT and Bitmain to be installed later in 2021. When deployed, the 2,200 miners will produce an additional 183 PH of production and consume approximately 7.25 MW of electricity. Based on Difficulty levels on March 23, 2021, this equipment alone is expected to produce an additional 1.1 Bitcoin per day at an average cost* of US$6,500 per Bitcoin.

Name Miners Model Total Hash Delivery
MicroBT 1,500 M31S+ 120 PH June 2021
Bitmain 700 S19j 63 PH October 2021
Total 2,200 183 PH
2021 Quebec Development & Expansion

To deliver our growth forecast goals for 2021, Bitfarms has recently made significant commitments to developing new infrastructure in Quebec. These developments include our previously announced Cowansville site renovation from 4 Mw to 16.7 Mw that will be ready in July.

Additionally, Bitfarms has recently paid deposits on sufficient raw materials, transformers, and electrical equipment to build an additional 80 MW of capacity in Quebec over the remainder of 2021. The new infrastructure will be able to support approximately 20,000 new generation miners and that will add approximately 2 Exahash of new production. Additional expansion information will be announced during the second quarter of 2021.

Stock-Market Listing

On February 4, 2021, we announced our intention to pursue a stock exchange listing for the Company in the United States. As an update, we are pleased to report that we are making good progress. On March 8, 2021, Bitfarms filed its 2019 Annual Information Form. Additional filings are expected shortly after we release our 2020 audited results on March 25, 2021. We can also confirm that in February, we made an application for listing on the NASDAQ. The recent and forthcoming filings are a requirement of the application process. There can be no assurances of success, but we are working hard to make this a reality as soon as possible. We encourage interested investors to regularly access Sedar.com to watch for additional filings.

About Bitfarms Ltd.

Founded in 2017, Bitfarms is one of the largest, oldest, and most cost-effective public bitcoin mining operations in the world. Bitfarms runs vertically integrated mining operations with onsite technical repair, proprietary data analytics and Company-owner 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. As mentioned above, we recently filed our first Annual Information Report. On February 24, 2021 Bitfarms was honoured to be announced as a Rising Star by the TSX-V.

Bitfarms has a diversified production platform with five industrial scale facilities located in Quebec. Each facility is 100% 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 audit firm.

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