UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 5, 2024
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On July 5, 2024, Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the results of the Company’s June 2024 Bitcoin mining operations. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the press release is posted to the Company’s website at www.strongholddigitalmining.com.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
The information set forth under Item 2.02 of this report is incorporated herein by reference.
The information in Items 2.02 and 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being “furnished” pursuant to General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
STRONGHOLD DIGITAL MINING, INC.
By: /s/ Gregory A. Beard
Name: Gregory A. Beard
Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Date: July 5, 2024
Stronghold Provides June 2024 Bitcoin Mining and Operational Update
NEW YORK July 5, 2024 – Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. (NASDAQ: SDIG) (“Stronghold” or the “Company”) today provided the following updates regarding its operations and financial performance:
Bitcoin Mining Update
Stronghold mined 61 Bitcoin in June 2024 and generated approximately $0.1mm in energy revenue, which represents the equivalent of approximately 2 additional Bitcoin based on the average price of Bitcoin during the month. This equates to approximately 63 of Bitcoin-equivalent production in June 2024.
The Company generated an estimated $4.0 million of revenue during June, a decrease of 24% compared to May 2024. The primary driver of the revenue decline in June was an approximately 0.9 EH/s lower average daily hash rate that was the result of three temporary factors: 1) voluntary curtailment due to the record June heat in Pennsylvania between June 17th through June 23rd, during which time the Company avoided importing electricity at unprofitable prices, 2) the planned outage at the Panther Creek plant that included some maintenance on electrical infrastructure to support the Bitcoin mining operations, and 3) a storm that affected the Panther Creek plant transmission line on June 27th and caused the data center to be down for four days to end the month. Panther Creek has since resumed Bitcoin mining operations, and the plant completed its planned maintenance outage. Average hash price in June was $0.055 per TH/s per day compared to $0.052 in April, due to a slight increase in Bitcoin price of 0.9%, increased transaction fees, which averaged 11.4% in June compared to 7.4% in May, and a decline in network hash rate of 1.2%.
About Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc.
Stronghold is a vertically integrated Bitcoin mining company with an emphasis on environmentally beneficial operations. Stronghold houses its miners at its wholly owned and operated Scrubgrass Plant and Panther Creek Plant, both of which are low-cost, environmentally beneficial coal refuse power generation facilities in Pennsylvania.
Forward Looking Statements of Stronghold:
Certain statements contained in this press release, including guidance, constitute “forward-looking statements.” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates” or “anticipates” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and which do not relate solely to historical matters. Forward-looking statements and the business prospects of Stronghold are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause Stronghold’s actual results in future periods to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things: the hybrid nature of our business model, which is highly dependent on the price of Bitcoin; our dependence on the level of demand and financial performance of the crypto asset industry; our ability to manage growth, business, financial results and results of operations; uncertainty regarding our evolving business model; our ability to retain management and key personnel and the integration of new management; our ability to raise capital to fund business growth; our ability to maintain sufficient liquidity to fund operations, growth and acquisitions; our substantial indebtedness and its effect on our results of operations and our financial condition; uncertainty regarding the outcomes of any investigations or proceedings; our ability to enter into purchase agreements, acquisitions and financing transactions; public health crises, epidemics, and pandemics such as the coronavirus pandemic; our ability to procure crypto asset mining equipment, including from foreign-based suppliers; our ability to maintain our relationships with our third party brokers and our dependence on their performance; our ability to procure crypto asset mining equipment; developments and changes in laws and regulations, including increased regulation of the crypto asset industry through legislative action and revised rules and standards applied by The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network under the authority of the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act and the Investment Company Act; the future acceptance and/or widespread use of, and demand for, Bitcoin and other crypto assets; our ability to respond to price fluctuations and rapidly changing technology; our ability to operate our coal refuse power generation facilities as planned; our ability to develop and monetize our carbon capture project to generate meaningful revenue, on a timely basis or at all; our ability to remain listed on a stock exchange and maintain an active trading market; our ability to avail ourselves of tax credits for the clean-up of coal refuse piles; and legislative or regulatory changes, and liability under, or any future inability to comply with, existing or future energy regulations or requirements. More information on these risks and other potential factors that could affect our financial results is included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 8, 2024 and in our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Any forward-looking statement or guidance speaks only as of the date as of which such statement is made, and, except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements or guidance, whether because of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Contacts:
Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc.
Investor Contact:
Matt Glover
Gateway Group, Inc.
SDIG@gateway-grp.com
1-949-574-3860
Media Contact:
contact@strongholddigitalmining.com