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Leases

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

NOTE 5 – LEASES

Luna Squares LLC leased a 16.35-acre lot in Georgia from the Development Authority of Washington County until October 8, 2022, when the lease was transferred and assigned to CleanSpark. The lease term was originally for 1 acre from May 1, 2020, until April 30, 2023. An amendment to the lease and exercise of option to lease 4 additional acres was signed and became effective February 23, 2021. A further amendment to the lease and exercise of option to lease was signed and became effective August 24, 2021. The Lease Amendment covers an additional 11.35 acres of the property, bringing the total to 16.35 acres under the lease. It also includes 5, 3-year extension options bringing the total lease period to run potentially until 2038.

The Company leases the headquarters of its business operations at Level 5, 97 Pacific Highway, North Sydney NSW 2060 Australia, being 1,076 square feet of office space held under a license agreement.

The Company leases 6-acres of land in Pennsylvania which began in October 2021 for thirty-six months with the option to exercise four additional three-year extensions.

On March 16, 2022, Luna Squares Property LLC entered into a lease with respect to a property in the City of Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania with Vertua Property, Inc. (a related entity – refer to note 12 for details). The term of the lease is for 5 years, with 2 options to extend for 5 years each.

During May 2022, Luna Square Texas LLC entered into four lease agreements to lease 11 acres of land in Texas for a period of five years.

Other than the foregoing leases, the Company does not lease any material assets. The Company believes that these offices and facilities are suitable and adequate for its operations as currently conducted and as currently foreseen. In the event additional or substitute offices and facilities are required, the Company believes that it could obtain such offices and facilities at commercially reasonable rates.

The Company’s lease costs recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Loss consist of the following:

	For the three months ended September 30,				For the nine months ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Operating lease charges ⁽¹⁾	$	438,444	$	24,557	$	1,239,614	$	77,004
Finance lease charges:
Amortization of right-of-use assets	$	8,143	$	-	$	20,519	$	-
Interest on lease obligations	$	2,351	$	-	$	6,290	$	-

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Included in Selling, General & Administrative Expenses.

The following is a schedule of the Company’s lease liabilities by contractual maturity as of September 30, 2022:

	Operating leases ⁽²⁾			Finance Leases

2023	$	1,958,970		$	47,720
2024		1,211,898			38,176
2025		267,372			38,176
2026		278,064			15,016
2027		70,190			-
Total undiscounted lease obligations		3,786,494			139,088
Less imputed interest		(396,044	)		(17,836	)
Total present value of lease liabilities		3,390,450			121,252
Less current portion of lease liabilities		2,110,863			30,139
Non-current lease liabilities	$	1,279,587		$	91,113

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Includes $967,490 of lease liabilities which have been transferred and assigned to CleanSpark on October 8, 2022.

Other lease information as of September 30,2022:

	Operating leases			Finance Leases

Operating cash out flows from operating and finance leases	$	1,315,908		$	24,192
Weighted-average remaining lease term – operating and finance leases (years)		2.69			3.63
Weighted-average discount rate – operating and leases (%)		7.9	%		7.5	%