Transaction in Own Shares

22 April 2016

BlackRock World Mining Trust plc (the Company)
Transaction in own shares: purchase of own shares to be held in treasury

The Company announces that it has today purchased 28,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 241.98 pence per share to be held in treasury.

Following the settlement of this purchase on 26 April 2016 the issued share capital of the Company will be 176,567,250 Ordinary shares, excluding 16,444,592 which are held in treasury.  Shares held in treasury do not carry any voting rights; 8.52% of the Company’s total issued share capital (193,011,842 Ordinary Shares, including treasury shares) is currently held in treasury.

For reporting purposes under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules the market should exclude any shares held in treasury and should use the figure of 176,567,250 with effect from 26 April 2016 when determining if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company.

All enquiries:
A B Powley
Company Secretary
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Tel: [phone]