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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS  
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

5.FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The following table summarizes certain fair value measurements within the hierarchy not included elsewhere in these notes:

Fair Value

 

Carrying
Value

    

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

(in thousands)

December 31, 2024

Recorded on a recurring basis:

Digital assets (1)

$

45,037

$

45,037

$

$

Contingent consideration

$

13,100

$

$

$

13,100

Additional disclosures:

Long-term debt

$

490,387

$

$

523,461

$

December 31, 2023

Recorded on a recurring basis:

Contingent consideration

$

9,900

$

$

$

9,900

Additional disclosures:

Long-term debt

$

347,584

$

$

347,116

$

(1)As discussed in Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, we adopted ASU 2023-08 effective January 1, 2024. Prior to our adoption, our digital assets were not recorded at fair value on a recurring basis.

The carrying amounts for cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities, approximate fair value due to the short maturity of those instruments.

The fair value of our digital assets is based on an exchange quoted price. See Note 7 – Digital Assets for more information on our digital assets.

The fair value measurement of our contingent consideration liability is determined using an option approach methodology simulation based on significant inputs not observable in active markets representing a Level 3 fair value measurement under the fair value hierarchy. Our contingent consideration liability is associated with our acquisition of

our Hamilton mine in 2015 wherein we agreed to pay the seller additional consideration for the acquisition if the average quarterly sales price exceeds a defined threshold price in any future quarters subject to a maximum of $110.0 million reduced for any payments made under an overriding royalty agreement with the sellers relating to mineral interests controlled by our Hamilton mine. We have paid $9.6 million under this contingent consideration agreement and nothing under the overriding royalty agreement as of December 31, 2024.  

The estimated fair value of our long-term debt, including current maturities, is based on interest rates that we believe are currently available to us in active markets for issuance of debt with similar terms and remaining maturities. See Note 12 – Long-Term Debt for additional information on our long-term debt.

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

Our option approach methodology simulation generates an expected payment for each quarter in Hamilton’s mine life by using proprietary internal estimates of our uncommitted coal sales prices and generating a simulated uncommitted coal sales price by applying unobservable inputs through a million simulations. This simulated coal sales price is then used in a calculation of the expected future payments using our proprietary committed coal sales prices and production for each quarter. We then calculate the present value of the estimated future payments. The following table presents quantitative information about certain significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement for our contingent consideration liability. The use of significant unobservable inputs results in uncertainty as of the reporting date, as changes in these unobservable inputs could significantly raise or lower the estimated fair value.

 

Valuation Technique(s)

 

Unobservable Input

 

Range/Amount
(Average) (a)

December 31, 2024

Contingent Consideration

Option approach methodology simulation

Cost of Debt

6.51% - 8.56%

Coal price volatility

6.2%

Market price of risk adjustment (annual)

6.2%

December 31, 2023

Contingent Consideration

Option approach methodology simulation

Cost of Debt

7.27% - 9.08%

Coal price volatility

6.3%

Market price of risk adjustment (annual)

7.8%

(a) Averages represent the arithmetic average of the inputs and is not weighted by a relative fair value or notional amount

The following table represents changes in our contingent consideration liability:

Year Ended December 31, 

    

2024

2023

 

(in thousands)

Beginning balance

$

9,900

$

10,100

Noncash changes in fair value (1)

10,989

1,650

Payments

(7,789)

(1,850)

Ending balance

$

13,100

$

9,900

(1)Noncash changes in the fair value of our continent consideration liability are included in the Operating expenses (excluding depreciation, depletion and amortization) line item within our consolidated statements of income.