coindesk.com
Stronghold Digital, the bitcoin mining company that converts coal waste into power for its operations, plans to raise between $94 million and $106 million in an initial public offering, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Existing shareholders, including Q Power which is controlled by the company’s co-chairmen Greg Beard and Bill Spence, will hold 87% of the total voting stock outstanding.
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Stronghold operates some 3,000 miners, with hashrate capacity of about 185 petahash per second. It plans to bring its total hashrate capacity to over 2,100 PH/s by December 2021 and more than 8,000 PH/s by December 2022.
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B. Riley Securities, Inc. and Cowen are acting as joint book-running managers; Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. is serving as lead manager; and D.A. Davidson & Co., Compass Point, and Northland Capital Markets are acting as co-managers for the proposed offering.
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The company intends to list its Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker “SDIG.”
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The miner’s operations are powered through the reclamation of coal refuse sites across Pennsylvania. The company removes coal waste from piles and burns it in an “emissions-controlled manner” at its facilities.
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The environmental impact of crypto mining has been at the forefront of investors’ concerns because the industry requires a large amount of energy to power its operations.
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Another miner, Gryphon Digital Mining, which is going public through the reverse takeover of Sphere 3D, said it’s planning to create “the world’s largest fully integrated pure play Bitcoin miner with zero carbon footprint.”