Digihost Announces Y/Y 129% Increase in Quarterly Bitcoin Production and Provides Operations Update
July 05 2022 - 06:30AM
Digihost Technology Inc. (“
Digihost” or the
“
Company”) (Nasdaq: DGHI; TSXV: DGHI), an
innovative U.S. based Bitcoin (“
BTC”) mining
company, is pleased to provide unaudited comparative BTC production
results for the month and quarter ended June 30, 2022, combined
with an operations update. All monetary references are expressed in
USD unless otherwise indicated.
Production Highlights for June
2022
- Mined 72.18 BTC, resulting in total
holdings of 293.30 BTC at the end of June valued at approximately
$5.8 million based on a BTC price of $19,785 as of June 30,
2022.
- Ethereum (“ETH”) holdings of
1,000.89 ETH at the end of June valued at approximately $1.07
million based on an ETH price of $1,067.29 as of June 30,
2022.
- Total digital asset inventory
value, consisting of BTC and ETH, of approximately $6.87 million as
of June 30, 2022. In addition, the Company held cash of
approximately $5 million and derivative instruments of
approximately $500,000 as of June 30, 2022. Cash and liquid assets
as of June 30, 2022 totalled approximately $12.4 million.
- On June 14, 2022, the Company
repaid its $10 million collateralized loan facility by monetizing a
portion of its BTC holdings. The Company currently has no
debt.
- To avoid equity dilution for its
shareholders, management sold a portion of its BTC production
during the month to fund its energy costs.
Year-Over-Year Quarterly
Comparison
The Company mined approximately 141.71 more BTC
in Q2 2022, compared to Q2 2021, representing an increase of
approximately 128.9%. Using the June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021
closing BTC prices (from CoinDesk), the value of the Company’s BTC
mined in Q2 2022 increased by approximately $1.1 million, or 29%
compared to Q2 2021.
Figure 1. Year-over-year Quarterly BTC
Production
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Q2 2022 |
Q2 2021 |
QoQ Increase |
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Mined BTC |
251.68 |
109.97 |
141.71 |
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Approximate BTC value |
$19,785 |
$35,041 |
($15,256 |
) |
Production Value |
$4,979,489 |
$3,853,459 |
$1,126,030 |
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Quarter-Over-Quarter
Comparison
The Company mined an additional 65.85 BTC during
the second quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2022,
representing an increase of 35%.
Figure 2. Quarter-over-quarter BTC Production
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Q2 2022 |
Q1 2022 |
QoQ Increase |
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Mined BTC |
251.68 |
186.83 |
64.85 |
|
Approximate BTC value |
$19,785 |
$45,539 |
($25,754 |
) |
Production Value |
$4,979,489 |
$8,508,051 |
($3,528,563 |
) |
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|
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|
Operational Update
Digihost is pleased to announce that planning is
well under way at the Company’s new Alabama site (please refer to
Digihost’s news releases dated June 14 and June 22, 2022) with
mining operations projected to commence in Q4. Based upon power
rates currently being negotiated by management with Alabama Power,
Digihost projects its operational breakeven point will occur at a
BTC price of approximately $12,000. The Company’s move to Alabama
and the opening of a new head office in Houston, Texas earlier this
year are milestones consistent with Digihost’s strategic plan to
diversify jurisdictional risk.
Although Digihost’s operations are currently
located in Buffalo and North Tonawanda the Company does not intend
to open any new mining facilities in New York State (“NYS”). Due to
the recent material rise in energy costs in NYS the Company
anticipates curtailing operations during peak hours at current BTC
prices. Additionally, Digihost will continue its practice of
drawing less power from the grid when consumer demand periodically
spikes as a result of hot weather conditions expected over the next
several months.
In the current inflationary environment
management has introduced additional internal control measures to
ensure adherence to its aggressive cost control program. Zero-based
budgeting has been implemented on a line-by-line base regardless of
the expense category. This cost control program has already
resulted in material savings.
Don Christie, Chief Operating Officer,
commented, “We are pleased to report on our progress in
diversifying our operations on a jurisdictional basis. We will
continue this strategy as we constantly monitor changes in the
political environment within which our industry operates. I would
also like to thank our employees for supporting the implementation
of our cost control program as we work our way through this
challenging time for our industry and the economy as a whole. I am
confident, that as a result of these cost savings and further
actions we have taken to strengthen our balance sheet, Digihost
will emerge from this inflationary period as a stronger more
disciplined and profitable company”.
About Digihost
Digihost is a growth-oriented blockchain
technology company primarily focused on BTC mining. Through its
self-mining operations and joint venture agreements, the Company is
currently hashing at a rate of approximately 650 PH/s.
All hosting fees and joint venture profit
sharing are treated as operating expenses in the Company’s
consolidated financial statements.
For further information, please contact:
Digihost Technology
Inc.www.digihost.caMichel Amar, Chief Executive
Officer T: 1-818-280-9758Email: michel@digihost.ca
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Forward-Looking StatementsExcept for the
statements of historical fact, this news release contains
“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. Forward-looking information in this news
release includes information about potential further improvements
to profitability and efficiency across mining operations including,
as a result of the Company’s expansion efforts, potential for the
Company’s long-term growth, and the business goals and objectives
of the Company. Factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those described in such forward-looking information
include, but are not limited to: future capital needs and
uncertainty of additional financing, including the Company’s
ability to utilize the Company’s at-the-market offering program
(the “ATM Program”) and the prices at which the Company may sell
securities in the ATM Program, as well as capital market conditions
in general; share dilution resulting from the ATM Program and from
other equity issuances; risks relating to the strategy of
maintaining and increasing Bitcoin holdings and the impact of
depreciating Bitcoin prices on working capital; regulatory and
other unanticipated issues that prohibit us from declaring or
paying dividends to our shareholders that are payable in Bitcoin;
continued effects of the COVID19 pandemic may have a material
adverse effect on the Company’s performance as supply chains are
disrupted and prevent the Company from operating its assets;
approval of the Public Service Commission or other regulatory or
board approvals being received on a timely basis, or at all; the
acquisition of North Tonawanda, New York facilities closing on
timely basis, or at all; ability to access additional power from
the local power grid; a decrease in cryptocurrency pricing, volume
of transaction activity or generally, the profitability of
cryptocurrency mining; further improvements to profitability and
efficiency may not be realized; the digital currency market; the
Company’s ability to successfully mine digital currency on the
cloud; the Company may not be able to profitably liquidate its
current digital currency inventory, or at all; a decline in digital
currency prices may have a significant negative impact on the
Company’s operations; the volatility of digital currency prices;
and other related risks as more fully set out in the Annual
Information Form of the Company and other documents disclosed under
the Company’s filings at www.sedar.com. The forward-looking
information in this news release reflects the current expectations,
assumptions and/or beliefs of the Company based on information
currently available to the Company. In connection with the
forward-looking information contained in this news release, the
Company has made assumptions about: the current profitability in
mining cryptocurrency (including pricing and volume of current
transaction activity); profitable use of the Company’s assets going
forward; the Company’s ability to profitably liquidate its digital
currency inventory as required; historical prices of digital
currencies and the ability of the Company to mine digital
currencies on the cloud will be consistent with historical prices;
the ability to maintain reliable and economical sources of power to
run its cryptocurrency mining assets; the negative impact of
regulatory changes in the energy regimes in the jurisdictions in
which the Company operates; the ability to adhere to Digihost’s
dividend policy and the timing and quantum of dividends based on,
among other things, the Company’s operating results, cash flow and
financial condition, Digihost’s current and anticipated capital
requirements, and general business conditions; and there will be no
regulation or law that will prevent the Company from operating its
business. The Company has also assumed that no significant events
occur outside of the Company's normal course of business. Although
the Company believes that the assumptions inherent in the
forward-looking information are reasonable, forward-looking
information is not a guarantee of future performance and
accordingly undue reliance should not be put on such information
due to the inherent uncertainties therein.
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