---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-24-000327"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BMNR"
cik: "0001829311"
company_name: "BITMINE IMMERSION TECHNOLOGIES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-01-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T22:41:02.221439+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bitmine expands board to seven, appoints Bitcoin mining site developer John Kelly

## Summary
- Board expanded from six to seven members; John Kelly appointed to fill new seat.
- Kelly is a principal of ROC Digital Mining Manager, in which Bitmine is a major investor.
- Kelly has built over 3M sq ft of industrial buildings and overseen construction of 10,000+ housing units.
- No material compensation plan or arrangement was entered with Kelly upon appointment.
- Effective date of appointment: January 8, 2024; press release issued January 17, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-24-000327
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BMNR
- cik: 0001829311
- company_name: BITMINE IMMERSION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-01-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1829311/000168316824000327/0001683168-24-000327-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1829311/000168316824000327/bitmine_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-24-000327
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-24-000327.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-24-000327.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Kelly was appointed as Director at BITMINE IMMERSION TECHNOLOGIES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 8, 2024, the board of directors of Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") voted to expand the board from six to seven members, and appointed John Kelly to fill the newly-created seat.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1829311/000168316824000327/0001683168-24-000327-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.