TORONTO, Ontario and BROSSARD, Québec, March 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bitfarms Ltd. (NASDAQ: BITF // TSXV: BITF), a global Bitcoin self-mining company, provided a Bitcoin (BTC) production and mining operations update for February 2022.

“Nearing the opening of our two new farms in Sherbrooke, Québec, we remain on track to achieving our goal of 3 exahash per second (EH/s) by the end of the first quarter 2022,” said Emiliano Grodzki, CEO of Bitfarms. “Miner deliveries accelerated in the second half of February positioning us to quickly ramp production at these Sherbrooke locations. The Bunker and Leger farms when complete will represent a total of 78 megawatts (MW) of added capacity. Along with our strategic expansion underway in Argentina, these farms will play a vital role in reaching our year-end 2022 target hashrate of 8 EH/s.”

“As planned, seasonal energy curtailment programs at our farms in Québec affected production in February, but to a lesser extent than in January,” added Grodzki. “With seasonally warmer weather expected in March, the impact of these programs should subside.”

Mining Production

• 2.3 EH/s online.
• 298 new BTC mined during February 2022, up 67% from February 2021.
• 10.6 BTC mined daily on average in February, equivalent to about US$455,800 per day and totaling approximately US$12.8 million for the month based on a BTC price of US$43,000 on February 28, 2022.
• 283 BTC from mining deposited into custody in February.
• 4,883 BTC in custody on February 28, 2022, representing a total value of approximately US$210 million based on a BTC price of US$43,000.
  

Mining Operations

• 7,400 new Bitcoin miners capable of 740 PH have been received in February or are in transit. The Chinese New Year, which ran from January 31 through February 15, 2022, slowed miner production and deliveries; thus, most of the February shipments occurred in the latter half of the month.
• Currently finalizing the first 12 MW capacity at The Bunker site in Sherbrooke, which will immediately make operational over 3,000 new miners and add over 300 PH/s to Bitfarms’ online hashrate.
• Neared completion of the first 16 MW capacity at the Leger site in Sherbrooke, which is scheduled to be online in a few weeks. When operational, Leger will immediately utilize over 4,000 new miners and add more than 400 PH/s to Bitfarms’ online hashrate.
• 2,000 used Bitcoin miners moved or are in transit to the company’s Paraguay farm where they are being efficiently redeployed to add an additional 100 PH/s.

Bitfarms’ BTC 2022 Monthly Production

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.

Operationally, 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.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains certain “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 information in this release regarding expectations in respect to the commencement of mining at The Bunker and Leger farms, the ongoing acquisition and redeployment of Bitcoin miners, the benefits of acquiring and holding Bitcoin, the Company’s future rate of Bitcoin production including the impact of energy curtailment programs in the Province of Québec, its future accumulation of Bitcoin, its 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 Bitcoin 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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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 inability to predict winter weather conditions in the Province of Québec and the imposition of energy curtailment programs by Hydro Québec; 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 Relations
David Barnard
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US Media:

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Québec Media:

Ryan Affaires publiques
Valérie Pomerleau, Public Affairs and Communications
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