Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch World Mining Tst PLC
29 January 2002


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


        1) Name of company:

             Merrill Lynch World Mining Trust plc

        2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

             Deutsche Bank AG London

        3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
        holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
        non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is
        a
        holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18:

             Non beneficial

        4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
        number of shares held by each of them:


        Deutsche Bank AG London                     3,720,883
        Morgan Nominees                            10,330,773
        Morgan Nominees Account CHY                   445,500
        Morgan Nominees Account NG                    148,647
        Morgan Nominees Account SAM                   177,199
        Bank of New York Nominees                     306,787
        Clydesdale Bank Custodian Nominees            174,600
        Deutsche Bank International Limited           331,210
        HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Limited     393,290
        RBSTB Nominees                                609,310
        State Street Nominees                         474,641
        Vidacos Nominees                              449,170


        5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

             Unknown

        6) Percentage of issued class:

             N/A

        7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

             N/A

        8) Percentage of issued class:

             N/A

        9) Class of security:

             Ordinary shares of 5p each

        10) Date of transaction:

             Unknown

        11) Date company informed:

             28 January 2002 after close of business

        12) Total holding following this notification:

             17,562,010

        13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this
        notification:

             10.73%

        14) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

             Miss D A Fish - 020 7743 5153

        15) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
        making this notification:

        Miss D A Fish
        for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Services Limited
        Secretary

        16) Date of notification:

        29 January 2002


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