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Nasdaq-Listed Coal Miner Adds 425 BTC To Balance Sheet

Nasdaq-Listed Coal Miner Adds 425 BTC To Balance Sheet

On a Q1 earnings call yesterday, Alliance Resource Partners, a coal mining company worth $2.8 billion that trades under the ticker ARLP on the Nasdaq, reported that its mining bitcoin and currently holding 425 BTC on its balance sheet.

In the second half of 2020, we started mining bitcoin as a pilot project to monetize already paid for yet underutilized electricity load at our River View mine, said Cary Marshall, Senior Vice President and CFO of Alliance Resource Partners, on the call.

Since then we have mined and now own bitcoin valued at approximately $30 million, he added.

The $30 million figure comes from valuing each of the 425 BTC the company holds at approximately $70,500, the price at which bitcoin was trading toward the end of Q1 2024. After factoring in Alliances bitcoin mining expenses, the company saw a net profit of $7.3 million from Bitcoin mining in Q1.

The amount of Bitcoin Alliance holds ranks it 23rd on the list of companies that hold bitcoin on their balance sheet.

Joe Craft, President and CEO of Alliance, pointed out on the call that the company isnt necessarily pivoting to a bitcoin-centric strategy but, instead, approaching its bitcoin mining operation with a high degree of practicality.

We are selling what we need to cover our expenses, so our exposure is limited, said Craft.

We do have some extra capacity that we're renting out to other Bitcoin miners within the data center that we've effectively built for this Bitcoin mining to take advantage of the low energy costs we have, he added.

For more information on Alliance Resource Partners, visit the companys website.

Read more: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/nasdaq-listed-coal-miner-adds-425-btc-to-balance-sheet

Text source: Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoin News, Articles, Charts,

Disclaimer: Financial information and news are not financial advice, read the disclaimer.
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