Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Q3 FY2023 Earnings Call

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  • Quarterly Context: Stronghold reported Q3 2023 earnings and rolled out a major new initiative focused on carbon capture.
  • Core Business Update: The company remains a vertically integrated Bitcoin miner with operations at two facilities in Pennsylvania—Scrubgrass and Panther Creek—collectively offering 165 MW of power and supporting over 40,000 Bitcoin miners.
  • Carbon Capture Initiative: A new business line, Stronghold Carbon Capture, has launched. This leverages the byproduct ash from power generation to extract CO₂ directly from ambient air.
  • Carbon Capture Capacity: Third-party tests confirmed potential to capture ~100,000 metric tons of carbon annually (~12% of ash by weight).
  • Financial Implications:
    • Without 45Q tax credits: estimated $14 million incremental annual EBITDA.
    • With 45Q tax credits ($180/ton): estimated $30 million incremental annual EBITDA.
    • Carbon monetization could lower cost of power from $40–$45 to as low as $16/MWh.
  • Infrastructure & Cost: First Karbolith carbon capture unit deployed for <$100,000; capital efficiency estimated at $50–$125 per ton of annual carbon capture capacity. Exclusive partnership with Karbonetiq for tech use at waste-to-power facilities.

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Operator: Good morning, and welcome to Stronghold Digital Mining's conference call for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023. My name is Liz, and I'll be your operator this morning. Before this call, Stronghold issued its results for the third 2023 and announced the new business initiative in a press release which will be available in the Investors section of the company's website at www.strongholddigitalmining.com. You can find a link in the Investors section at the top of the home page. Joining us on today's call are Stronghold's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Greg Beard; and CFO, Matt Smith. Following their remarks, we will open the call for questions. Before we begin, Alex Kovtun from Gateway Group will make a brief introductory statement. Mr. Kovtun, please proceed. Alex Kovtun: Great. Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone, and welcome. Today's slide presentation, along with our earnings release and financial disclosures were posted to our website earlier today and can be accessed on our website at www.strongholddigitalmining.com. Some statements we're making today may be considered forward-looking statements under securities law and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. As a result, we caution you that there are a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control, which could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. For more detailed risks, uncertainties and the assumption

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