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May 25, 2026
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Calgary oil and gas company loses appeal over illegal Bitcoin mining site - BNN Bloomberg
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Article Excerpt
A Calgary company that used a surface rights lease to run an illegal Bitcoin mining operation has lost its fight in the Alberta Court of Appeal.
Persist Oil and Gas Inc. operated a gas-processing site in Rocky View County and used natural gas flowing through the processing station to power computer equipment stationed there.
On March 10, 2025, Persist was ordered to remove all of its equipment from the land, owned by Roy Flowers.
In an appeal heard on May 12, the company said the judge misinterpreted the surface rights lease, did not properly consider that Bitcoin mining was allowed, misapp…
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