Avani International Group Inc. -- AVIG Continues Successful Expansion Into Foreign Markets With Their ``Oxygen Enriched'' Bottled Water Line.

Business Editors/Food Writers

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2000

Avani International Group, Inc., (OTCBB:AVIG), a manufacturer and Distributor of the Avani line of "Oxygen Enriched" bottled water announced today they have successfully penetrated the markets of Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, Malaysia and the United States.

Avani has set up offices in Malaysia and has signed an agreement to transfer the company's technology and establish a factory with a Malaysian business group. Under the terms of the agreement, AVIG will license its technology to the Malaysian company for a period of 30 years, with automatic renewal for another 30 years. In return, the Malaysian company will pay AVIG a 2% royalty on gross revenues, and a licensing fee of US$500,000 per production facility, as well as 20% of the licensee's net profit.

Avani proprietary technology is able to produce more oxygen content than potable water. This is to niche the health conscious and premium quality market segment whose demand in bottled water dramatically increases in these few years. We believe that our technological transfer accelerates the market penetration in overseas and turns our cash flow to positive.

About the Industry

The bottled water industry is the fastest growing segment of the beverage industry and trails only Soda and Beer, respectively, in total sales. This fact is evidenced by the emergence of several products lines being introduced by traditional soft drink giants, Coca-Cola Co., (NYSE:KO) and PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE:PEP). In North America alone, the bottled water business is in excess of $4 billion a year.

About Avani International Group Inc.

Avani International Group, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Avani Oxygen Water Corporation is a two-fold company, technology and beverage. The company utilizes a state of the art proprietary technology to produce unique oxygen rich purified bottled water that sells globally under the Avani brand name. This technology produces a product with more oxygen content than potable water. The company operates out of a state of the art of a manufacturing facility in Vancouver, British Columbia. Currently the Avani product line is sold in 5 countries and represented in several major airlines outbound from Vancouver Canada including Cathay Pacific Airlines, Lufthansa Airlines and Eva Airlines. Further information can be found on the company's website WWW.AVANIWATER.COM.

(Signed) on behalf of the Board of Directors

"Robert Wang"

Robert Wang, President & CEO 

This announcement contains certain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Such statements reflect management's current views and are based on certain assumptions. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated as a result of a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties discussed in this announcement and in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.