 The Bank of South Carolina Corporation Nasdaq: BKSC announced unaudited earnings of 7,318,433 or 1.33 and 1.31 basic and diluted per share, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2019 an increase of 395,499 or 5.71 from earnings for the year ended December 31, 2018 of 6,922,934 or 1.26 and 1.24 basic and diluted per share, respectively. Earnings for the three months ended December 31, 2019 decreased 32,665 or 1.81 to 1,773,529 compared to 1,806,194 for the three months ended December 31, 2018. Returns on average assets and average equity for the year ended December 31, 2019 were 1.66 and 14.86, respectively, compared with 2018 returns on average assets and average equity of 1.61 and 15.85, respectively. 