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Date: January 5, 2010

Guyana's prized XM Royal 10-year-old and XM VXO Seven-Year-old rums made an unprecedented clean sweep at the inaugural Spirit Business Rum Masters Awards 2009 in the United Kingdom recently, even as plans are moving apace by local producers Banks DIH Ltd. to make a greater impact on the Caribbean, European and USA markets.

XM VXO Rum secured a Master Award in the Gold Under 7 Years category, while XM Royal 10 Year Old was awarded a Master in the Gold 8-12 years Old class, the highest accolade awarded at the prestigious competition.

Guyana's XM Royal Gold 10-year-old Rum has received top rating at an international tasting event in London.

XM Royal Gold 10 Year Old produced, bottled and exported by Banks DIH Ltd. registered the highest score as bartenders and industry experts evaluated 12 rums from Central and South America at a blind tasting event held at London rum emporium Cotton's recently.

Each spirit was evaluated on appearance, aroma, flavour and finish, with marks out of 100 awarded for balance and complexity and XM Royal Gold top scored with 81 points.