Bitfarms Ltd. (NASDAQ: BITF // TSXV: BITF), a global Bitcoin
self-mining company, hired three executives for newly created
positions to support its growth.
“Bitfarms is driving dynamic and rapid
expansion, which we expect to continue to occur both organically
and through acquisitions. To support our growth, we have
strengthened our management team,” said Geoff Morphy, President and
COO of Bitfarms. “Philippe Fortier will help identify, evaluate,
and orchestrate acquisitions and other projects as well as assist
with capital markets activities. Andrea Keen Souza will advance our
human resources and talent development, particularly for our
international operations. Stephanie Wargo will drive our marketing,
branding, and communications initiatives. We welcome these key
contributors as we forge ahead in farm development and miner
optimization to, ultimately, increase our bitcoin production and
shareholder value.”
Philippe Fortier, Vice President -
Special ProjectsServing in various corporate finance and
management roles, Fortier played an essential role in a variety of
transactional and growth initiatives, both as a principal and
advisor to private and listed organizations for over 10 years.
Following five years as a senior auditor at Deloitte, he worked
with Cendrex Industries, BDG & Partners, and National Bank
Financial Markets. Fortier holds a BBA from HEC Montreal and a MSc
from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is a
qualified CPA and is fluent in French, Spanish, and English.
Andrea Keen Souza, Vice President –
Human ResourcesSouza is a senior human resources
professional with over two decades of international experience in
high growth start-ups, scale-ups, and mergers and acquisitions.
Most recently, she was People & Culture Leader at Telus Health
Virtual Care. Previously, she worked with Bombardier Aerospace and
an affiliate of General Electric in South America, among others.
Souza holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Mount Allison University,
an MBA from the University of São Paulo, and human resources
professional certificates in Canada and the United States. Souza is
fluent in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Stephanie Wargo, Vice President -
MarketingWargo brings 25 years experience and depth of
knowledge working for rapidly growing financial services companies.
Most recently, Wargo served six years as Vice President, Global
Marketing for PrimeRevenue, where she managed content strategy,
branding, advertising, media relations, among other
responsibilities. Beginning her career with Wells Fargo in product
management, she subsequently was Vice President, Marketing &
Communications for BitPay and Vice President Client Relations &
Marketing for FirstView Financial. She is a graduate of Agnes Scott
College, Decator, GA.
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.
Bitfarms has a diversified production platform
with five 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.
To learn more about Bitfarms’ events, developments, and online
communities:
Website: www.bitfarms.com
https://www.facebook.com/bitfarms/https://twitter.com/Bitfarms_iohttps://www.instagram.com/bitfarms/https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitfarms/
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expectations in respect the Company’s expected growth, acquisitions
and expansion plans, and about other future plans and objectives of
the Company, are forward-looking information. Other forward-looking
information includes, but is not 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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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 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; 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 blockchain infrastructure 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 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, 2020,
filed on April 7, 2021. 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
Investor Relations:
LHA Investor RelationsDavid Barnard+1
415-433-3777Investors@bitfarms.com
US Media:
YAP GlobalMia Grodsky, Account
Executivemia@yapglobal.com
Québec Media:
Ryan Affaires publiques Valérie Pomerleau,
Public Affairs and Communicationsvalerie@ryanap.com
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