Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch World Mining Tst PLC
13 February 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:

             N/A


        5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

             N/A

        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:

             N/A

        11) Date company informed:

             12 February 2002

        12) Total holding following this notification:

             N/A

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

             No longer holding notifiable interest

        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 on
        beneficial
             Secretary

        16) Date of notification:

             12 February 2002




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