Cryptostar Corp. Announces 2018 Financial Results

TORONTO, May 13, 2019 /CNW/ - CryptoStar Corp. (TSXV: CSTR) ("CryptoStar" or the "Company"), a cryptocurrency mining and data centre operator, is pleased to announce its financial results for the financial year ended December 31, 2018. For the full consolidated financial statements and management discussion and analysis for the financial year ended December 31, 2018, please visit SEDAR at www.sedar.com. All values in this news release are in United States Dollars unless otherwise specified.

• Revenue of $15.0 million in 2018 compared to $10.3 million in 2017.
• Adjusted EBITDA of $4.2 million in 2018 compared to $7.4 million in 2017.
• 1,999 Bitcoin mined in 2018 compared to 2,200 in 2017.

About CryptoStar Corp.:

CryptoStar has one of the world's largest cryptocurrency mining operations with data centres located in the U.S.A, Canada and Iceland. CryptoStar is currently dedicated to further expansion into low cost energy regions in North America and around the globe.

Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.

Non-GAAP Measures

This press release presents certain non-GAAP ("GAAP" refers to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) financial measures to assist readers in understanding the Company's performance. These non-GAAP measures do not have any standardized meaning and therefore are unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Management uses these non-GAAP measures to supplement the analysis and evaluation of operating performance.

The following terms are used, which are not found in the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada Handbook and do not have a standardized meaning under GAAP.

EBITDA (Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization)

• "EBITDA" represents net income or loss excluding net finance income or expense, income tax or recovery, depreciation, and amortization
  
• "Adjusted EBITDA" represents EBITDA adjusted to exclude share-based compensation, fair value loss or gain on remeasurement of digital assets, and costs associated with one-time transactions (such as listing fees)
  
• "Adjusted EBITDA margin" represents Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenue.

"Mining Profit" represents gross profit (revenue less cost of revenue), excluding depreciation. "Mining Profit Margin" represents Mining Profit as a percentage of revenue.

"Cost per bitcoin" represents cost of revenue excluding depreciation, divided by the number of bitcoin mined in the period.

SOURCE CryptoStar Corp.