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| Our performance in the fourth quarter highlights TeraWulf's consistent achievement of industry-leading profitability |
| Our GAAP revenues also saw outstanding growth of 23% quarter-over-quarter, reaching $23.3 million in 4Q '23 from $19 million in 3Q '23 |
| This past year has been marked by significant growth and achievements for TeraWulf, showcasing rapid organic growth at our existing sites, substantial debt repayment and enhanced liquidity |
| We've not only met, but surpassed several strategic objectives and I'm excited to share these accomplishments with you |
| We mine Bitcoin more efficiently and profitably than most of our peers with the intent to return that profit to shareholders in the form of debt paydown, organic growth and potential future dividends and share buybacks |
| Our non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA for 4Q '23 was $16.4 million, an 81% improvement over $9 million in 3Q '23, and 2023 adjusted EBITDA was $30.7 million |
| Our steadfast commitment lies in consistently delivering exponential growth in hash rate, with unparalleled access to low-cost, zero-carbon power at our existing facilities |
| Scalability ensures not only stability and control, but also confers significant long-term cost advantages |
| It empowers us to optimize operational efficiency, strategically expand our operations, and enhance profitability |
| It empowers us to optimize efficiency, scale operations and drive profitability |
| With the April halving fast approaching and all of us about to lay our cards on the table for all to see, I'm very confident in the hand TeraWulf is holding |
| So, as Paul said in his remarks, we have -- and you'll see in our investor deck -- updated investor deck that we just posted today, we have 300 open megawatts at Lake Mariner and that will be put to the highest and best value accretive function |
| So, I think we have very strong financial footing, and we're highly confident in our ability to manage the remaining debt balance |
| We've also made significant strides in debt repayment and liquidity |
| TeraWulf is uniquely positioned to fulfill all these requirements |
| Our very robust performance in the fourth quarter underscores our ability to generate considerable free cash flow, and we have excess liquidity of approximately $20 million on the balance sheet |
| In summary, I believe TeraWulf distinguishes itself through its best-in-class assets, lowest unit economics, ability to scale owned infrastructure and alignment with investors |
| It is your effort that drives our success, and I'm proud to lead such an outstanding group of professionals |
| So, your cost of power for the year came in -- it performed much better than our expectations and better than your initial guidance, I believe |
| So look, I think we're excited about that because I think there's a real potential short squeeze opportunity as we continue to put up good numbers |
| Investments in cloud infrastructure by prominent hyperscalers such as Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Oracle, and Google have experienced impressive average annual growth, exceeding 30% over the past five years |
| And so, we will continue to be very profitable post halving assuming Bitcoin price around where we are today and we'll continue to generate a lot of free cash flow |
| We remain steadfast in our strategy to leverage our resilient low-cost infrastructure to maximize profits, repay debt, and return value to shareholders |
| During 2023 and continuing into the first quarter of 2024, the company accomplished several notable steps to achieve positive cash flows from operations: number one, it amended its debt to remove fixed principal amortization and utilized a free cash flow sweep to rapidly reduce our debt balance; number two, commenced mining operations at Nautilus; number three, commenced mining operations at Buildings 2 and 3 at Lake Mariner; and number four, we paid over $40 million of debt and positioned the company with over $20 million of excess liquidity to navigate the upcoming halving |
| With liquidity of almost $56 million as at the end of February and substantial projected free cash flow for the first quarter, we have the ability to reduce debt even further with an anticipated debt paydown of roughly $30 million in early April, which will bring the debt balance to $76 million |
| Our GAAP revenues year-over-year increased 361% from $15 million in 2022 to $69 million in 2023 |
| So, look, I think we're pretty confident -- and there's a slide in our investor deck where you can see historical average price at Lake Mariner and also forward pricing |
| So, we're pretty confident that we'll be in that same range, Josh, going forward |
| We are among the lowest marginal cost producers in the industry and provide full cost transparency and guidance to our shareholders as any reputable and leading commodity business does |
| We have successfully managed it |
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| Two, I think we've suffered from a misperception regarding dilution |
| One can only logically presume that their lack of transparency is by design, knowing that their cost figures is adequately disclosed may materially impact investor sentiment |
| In the fourth quarter of 2023, we mined 608 Bitcoin at Lake Mariner, and our net share of mined Bitcoin at Nautilus was 364 Bitcoin for a total of 972 Bitcoin or about 10.5 Bitcoin per day or a 2% decline over the 994 Bitcoin mined in third quarter 2023 |
| We estimate that our cost to mine a Bitcoin is among the lowest compared to other publicly-listed Bitcoin mining companies at approximately $25,000 per Bitcoin before the halving and $37,000 after the halving |
| I think, generally, our debt is misunderstood |
| Adjusting for these items, SG&A decreased 13% year-over-year from $32.3 million in 2022 to $28.2 million in 2023 |
| But I am troubled by our lower multiple |
| We only win, if you win |
| Furthermore, in fiscal year 2023, we reduced our net working capital, excluding the current portion of long-term debt from approximately negative $60 million at December 31, 2022, to positive $31 million as of December 31, 2023 |
| But I do believe that the perception that there is debt out there remains a reason why some people haven't invested yet |
| So yeah, I think that's not a near-term concern of ours |
| For the 2023 and 2022 fiscal years, these amounts include impairment losses of $13.6 million and $11.5 million, respectively, related to the distribution of miners from Nautilus to the company, whereby the miners were marked to fair value from book value on the date distributed |
| So, there is that possibility |
| Now, my question to you guys is, what would you say to investors looking to invest in the crypto miner space and looking for a specific crypto miner that they think can perform well post halving? Obviously, there are a lot of doubts and questions raised about that |
| Our GAAP net loss for the fourth quarter was $10.8 million compared to a net loss of $19.4 million in 3Q '23 |
| For the full year 2023, we reported a $9.3 million loss in equity of investee, net of tax, as compared to a $15.7 million loss in 2022 |
| Despite challenges posed by record high network difficulty, we produced 971 Bitcoin during the fourth quarter alone, contributing to a total of 3,407 Bitcoin mined throughout 2023 |
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