Bitfarms Ltd. (NASDAQ/TSX: BITF), a global vertically integrated
Bitcoin mining company, today announces a CEO transition. L.
Geoffrey Morphy, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director,
will be departing upon completion of an executive search and will
lead the Company during the interim. Mr. Morphy will continue to
focus on our corporate growth strategy, ensuring execution towards
our growth targets and a smooth transition of leadership. The Board
has formed a CEO search committee of independent directors that
will act expeditiously with an identified executive search firm.
“Bitfarms is evolving to meet the needs of
rapidly increasing investor interest in Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining
worldwide,” said Chairman Nicolas Bonta. “We are committed to
expanding our business to drive greater returns and maximize
shareholder value. There is a huge opportunity in front of us and
we are committed to moving forward with a seamless transition while
executing on our strategic goals.”
Bonta continued, “We thank Geoff for his
leadership, commitment to strong governance and dedication to
expanding the Company’s operations. Since joining the company in
2020, Morphy modernized Bitfarms management infrastructure and
transformed its mining portfolio, leading to significant growth,
international diversification, and operating efficiencies. Morphy
oversaw the international expansion into the U.S., Paraguay, and
Argentina as well as expanding in Quebec. Morphy has been an
integral part of the Company's success, and it is due to his
stewardship that the Company is now opportunely poised for this CEO
transition. We are confident in the strength of our management team
and the dedication of our employees to continue to drive Bitfarms
to be the top performer in the industry.”
“It has been the greatest privilege of my career
to serve Bitfarms, our shareholders, and our employees. I am
extremely proud of what we’ve accomplished as a team,” said Morphy.
“Together, we expanded our operations and strengthened our balance
sheet, positioning us to embark on the greatest growth in our
history. I have every confidence that the management team will be
successful in achieving our 2024 growth targets.”
About Bitfarms Ltd.
Founded in 2017, Bitfarms is a global Bitcoin
mining company that contributes its computational power to one or
more mining pools from which it receives payment in Bitcoin.
Bitfarms develops, owns, and operates vertically integrated mining
farms with in-house management and company-owned electrical
engineering, installation service, and multiple onsite technical
repair centers. The Company’s proprietary data analytics system
delivers best-in-class operational performance and uptime.
Bitfarms currently has 11 operating Bitcoin
mining facilities and two under development situated in four
countries: Canada, the United States, Paraguay, and Argentina.
Powered predominantly by environmentally friendly hydro-electric
and long-term power contracts, Bitfarms is committed to using
sustainable and often underutilized energy infrastructure.
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Cautionary Statement
Trading in the securities of the Company should
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commission or other regulatory authority has approved or
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Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, or any other securities exchange or
regulatory authority accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Forward-Looking Statements
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“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 statements and information in this
release regarding the prospects for management changes and other
statements regarding future growth, plans and objectives of the
Company are forward-looking information. Any statements that
involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations,
beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events
or performance (often but not always using phrases such as
“expects”, or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “anticipates” or
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results “may” or “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken to
occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may
be forward-looking information and are intended to identify
forward-looking information.
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 ability to manage the business and
affairs of the Company on an interim basis pending the hiring of a
permanent President and Chief Executive Officer; the ability to
recruit and hire a qualified President and Chief Executive Officer
on a timely basis and the ability of the candidate to successfully
fulfill the requirements of the position; the construction and
operation of the Company’s 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, including the Company’s ability to utilize the
Company’s at-the-market equity offering program (the “ATM Program”)
and the prices at which the Company may sell Common Shares in the
ATM Program; 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; 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 MD&A for the year-ended December
31, 2023, filed on March 7, 2024. 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, including
factors that are currently unknown to or deemed immaterial by the
Company. 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.
Investor Relations contacts:
Tracy Krumme (Bitfarms)+1
786-671-5638tkrumme@bitfarms.com
David Barnard (LHA)+1
415-433-3777Investors@bitfarms.com
Media contacts:
Actual Agency Khushboo Chaudhary+1
646-373-9946mediarelations@bitfarms.com
Québec Media: TactLouis-Martin Leclerc+1
418-693-2425lmleclerc@tactconseil.ca
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