Cryptocurrency mining agency Argo Blockchain has taken a troublesome choice to promote its flagship mining facility Helios so as to survive the continuing bear market.
Argo Blockchain CEO Peter Wall formally introduced on Dec. 28 a take care of Mike Novogratz’s crypto funding agency Galaxy Digital to promote Helios facility for $65 million. Argo has already been cashing its mined Bitcoin (BTC) to cut back the mortgage to Galaxy.
Moreover, Galaxy may also present Argo with a brand new $35 million gear finance mortgage to assist the troubled miner scale back its debt. “We’ve used the proceeds of that sale in a brand new Galaxy mortgage to repay the debt that we owed to NYDIG and a tiny bit to a different secured lender,” Wall famous.
The brand new transactions goal to cut back Argo’s complete debt by $41 million, enhance liquidity and working construction, permitting the agency to proceed its mining operations, the CEO mentioned.
Wall famous that the deal was the “solely viable path ahead” by way of the bear market, amid stress from excessive vitality prices coupled with the low Bitcoin value.
The CEO additionally emphasised that regardless of Argo promoting Helios, the agency has not offered any of its mining machines. “These are going to proceed to mine at Helios facility,” Wall mentioned, including that Argo has additionally signed an settlement to maintain working their mining machines at Helios. He acknowledged:
“Staying at Helios may also enable us to proceed to entry energy by way of the Texas grid and take part within the ancillary companies, that are supplied by Ercot.”
The deal comes simply six months after Argo formally launched Helios in Could 2022. Situated in Dickens County, Helios facility is the biggest Argo’s mining facility, supporting 200 megawatts (MW) of electrical energy. Compared, one other Argo’s facility, Baie Comeau, operates round 15 MW.
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The information comes amid Argo struggling to safe financing after failing to boost $27 million through subscription for strange shares. In October, Argo mentioned that it was liable to closing resulting from failing to boost new financing. In mid-December, Argo introduced that it was negotiating to promote its property and making an attempt to “interact in an gear financing transaction” so as to keep away from submitting for chapter.
Argo didn’t instantly reply to Cointelegraph’s request for remark.
